Tribunal recalls Barron's final hours

Witnesses at the Morris Tribunal into alleged garda corruption today continued to reconstruct events during the final hours of farmer and cattle dealer Richie Barron, who died in a mystery roadside death in Co Donegal almost seven years ago.

The inquiry is currently probing how the his death was investigated, including claims that garda officers were late arriving at the scene of the incident, and failed properly to preserve the scene after the discovery of the body, as well as their reasons for regarding two cousins as murder suspects and other apparent flaws in the garda operation.