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| Jeffrey Donaldson testifying at Smithwick Tribunal | |
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| DUP MP Jeffrey Donaldson is giving evidence to the Smithwick Tribunal in Dublin. | |
| The Lagan Valley MP has previously accused a retired garda sergeant of tipping off the IRA about the movements of two senior RUC officers in 1989. | The Lagan Valley MP has previously accused a retired garda sergeant of tipping off the IRA about the movements of two senior RUC officers in 1989. |
| Chief Supt Harry Breen and Supt Bob Buchanan were shot dead in an IRA ambush in south Armagh as they returned from a meeting in Dundalk. | Chief Supt Harry Breen and Supt Bob Buchanan were shot dead in an IRA ambush in south Armagh as they returned from a meeting in Dundalk. |
| The tribunal is investigating alleged garda collusion in their deaths. | The tribunal is investigating alleged garda collusion in their deaths. |
| In the House of Commons in April 2000, Mr Donaldson, using parliamentary privilege, named retired Detective Sergeant Owen Corrigan as a "rogue Garda" officer. | |
| The MP referred in his statement to evidence "that the retired member of the force had passed information to the IRA". | The MP referred in his statement to evidence "that the retired member of the force had passed information to the IRA". |
| Mr Corrigan has denied all allegations of collusion and successfully sued newspapers which published similar claims. | Mr Corrigan has denied all allegations of collusion and successfully sued newspapers which published similar claims. |
| Lawyers for Mr Corrigan are expected to question Mr Donaldson about what evidence he has to support the claims he made under parliamentary privilege. | Lawyers for Mr Corrigan are expected to question Mr Donaldson about what evidence he has to support the claims he made under parliamentary privilege. |
| Mr Donaldson also suggested that gardai could have been involved in the IRA killing of Lord Justice Maurice Gibson and his wife in 1987. | Mr Donaldson also suggested that gardai could have been involved in the IRA killing of Lord Justice Maurice Gibson and his wife in 1987. |