Ahern: Gardaí warned Donaldson of threat

The Taoiseach has revealed this morning in the Dáil that gardaí warned former spy Denis Donaldson that his life could be under threat, before he was killed.

Bertie Ahern said: "Gardaí visited him in light of the public attention he had received. They advised him because of his circumstances that there was a perceived threat to his life."