Garda chief not told of hit and run

GARDA Commissioner Noel Conroy yesterday admitted he was not informed about the reclassification of cattle dealer Richie Barron’s death for over two years.

Frank McBrearty Jnr and his cousin Mark McConnell were originally arrested for the Donegal man’s death.

However, despite the Barron case being redesignated from murder to hit and run in February 2002, Commissioner Conroy yesterday said this information only arrived on his desk around November 2004, when he then personally informed the McBreartys in writing.