Whistleblower row is still far from resolved

Just how much did the Department of Justice and the minister of the day know about attempts to silence a whistleblower, asks Special Correspondent Michael Clifford

The failure of the Department of Justice to provide answers about the targeting of Maurice McCabe’s character is leading to many more questions.

Principal among these is who exactly knew that there would be an attempt at a statutory inquiry to portray McCabe’s character in the most negative light. And if, for instance, it was to emerge that the minister of the day, Frances Fitzgerald, was thus informed, then why did she stay schtum when the matter exploded into the public domain in May of last year.