Top gardaí 'approved explosives drop'

Senior gardaí cleared the way for Adrienne McGlinchey to leave 60 kilos of home-made explosives, intended for an IRA attack on a RUC base, close the border without being challenged or arrested, the Morris Tribunal today heard.

Top gardaí 'approved explosives drop'

Senior gardaí cleared the way for Adrienne McGlinchey to leave 60 kilos of home-made explosives, intended for an IRA attack on a RUC base, close the border without being challenged or arrested, the Morris Tribunal today heard.

Ms McGlinchey’s then handler, Detective Garda Noel McMahon, told the corruption probe that the go-ahead for the 1994 operation was given by senior garda officers at a specially-arranged meeting. And part of the deal was said to involve a high-ranking garda “acting drunk”.

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