Garda unaware of suspect's health fears, tribunal told

A garda superintendent was unaware a doctor had warned against interrogating a Donegal publican until after he had spent almost two hours questioning him, the Morris Tribunal heard today.

Superintendent John Fitzgerald, now retired, and Inspector John McGinley interviewed Frank McBrearty Sr late on the evening of December 12, 1996, for around an hour and a half after he was taken in for questioning on suspicion of interfering with witnesses.