McCabe scandal: Misunderstanding or conspiracy?

Was there an attempt to smear Sgt Maurice McCabe behind the closed doors of a statutory inquiry? That matter forms the basis of the current module of the Disclosures Tribunal at Dublin Castle.

The hearings have just got under way, but already the matter appears to be boiling down to the usual question. Big misunderstanding or actual conspiracy?

On Monday during the opening statement, the early money was going on a misunderstanding. The issue centres on what transpired at the O’Higgins commission of investigation, set up in 2015 to investigate McCabe’s claims of malpractice in the force.