State apologises to publican for 'miscarriage of justice'

The State today apologised unreservedly to Co Donegal man Frank Shortt for his wrongful conviction and imprisonment on trumped up charges that he allowed the sale of drugs at his former nightclub in Inishowen.

Mr Michael Cush SC, for the State, told the Supreme Court: "The State acknowledges that Mr Frank Shortt was the victim of a grave miscarriage of justice. For that and for all his suffering and loss as a