Gardaí compared to Mafia at tribunal

Gardaí laid siege to a Donegal nightclub in the late 1990s, harassing and intimidating staff and customers in a manner worse than the Mafia, the Morris Tribunal heard today.

Michael McConnell, nephew of Raphoe publican Frank McBrearty Senior, said gardaí targeted the family and their business after the October 1996 killing of cattle dealer Richie Barron.