Star’s wedding overshadows opening of tribunal

IT may be the most momentous event in the history of the gardaí in Ireland, but for the people of Donegal yesterday, the garda corruption tribunal was only a sideshow to the main event.

As an unprecedented battery of legal heavy hitters descended on the quiet north-western town, accompanied by an expectant media, the wedding of the county's favourite son, Daniel O'Donnell, in Kinncasslagh was exercising a far greater draw on locals' imaginations.

Tribunal chair Mr Justice Frederick Morris, Peter Charleton, the most high-profile criminal prosecutor in the State, and host of senior counsels, had travelled from Dublin.