When she had the chance, Frances Fitzgerald did nothing

The treatment of Maurice McCabe should have rung alarm bells for Frances Fitzgerald, says Michael Clifford.

The publication last night of emails from the trawl of documents in the Department of Justice has thrown up serious questions about Frances Fitzgerald’s knowledge of the attack on Sgt Maurice McCabe at the O’Higgins commission.

We already knew she was informed in May 2015 of the legal strategy being adopted.