Publican asked garda chief help

A Donegal publican made a plea for help to one of the country’s garda chiefs after his family was allegedly harassed and intimidated by officers in the county, it emerged today.

Assistant Commissioner Kevin Carty received a letter from Raphoe nightclub owner Frank McBrearty Senior in October 1998, claiming gardai from the Letterkenny district were targeting his family after being framed as suspects in an unsolved murder case.