Smithwick Tribunal Report - The gardaí
Profiles of three Dundalk gardaí accused of helping IRA
Leo Colton
Owen Corrigan
Owen Corrigan
Owen Corrigan was a detective sergeant at Dundalk Garda station. He appeared twice and was the last of the 200 witnesses to be heard. Det Sgt Corrigan was named by Jeffrey Donaldson MP in the House of Commons as Garda X – alleged to be a mole for the IRA in Dundalk. Garda X was the unidentified figure referred to by Toby Harnden in his book Bandit Country.
The tribunal also heard that RUC special branch intelligence had a document stating Mr Corrigan was “helping out” the Provisional IRA. It further heard a staff officer with Chief Supt Harry Breen, murdered in the IRA ambush, said Chief Supt Breen had misgivings about going to Dundalk for the meeting with gardaí because of concerns harboured about Mr Corrigan.