‘Degree of confidence’ in Nóirín O’Sullivan has been further hit

The tribunal hasn’t even started hearing evidence yet but the McCabe letter puts the Commissioner on very shaky ground, writes Cormac O’Keeffe.

CONFIDENCE in Nóirín O’Sullivan has been recently assessed as a matter of degree.

With the dramatic letter on behalf of Sgt Maurice McCabe, that “degree of confidence” — as first articulated by Policing Authority boss Josephine Feehily — has been cut even further.