The then minister for tourism and transport, John Wilson, vehemently opposed a Cork Swansea Ferries request for IR£1.75m state funding at the end of 1988.

A shop manager has been left with a €2,500 fine after a former employee had been doing a clandestine “nixer” by selling unstamped tobacco from the premises.

The justice minister claims he wants to sit down with McCabe and discuss his legacy. It’s all a far cry from the government line just a few years ago, writes Michael Clifford.

A Daily Mail journalist has told the Charleton Tribunal that she believed a colleague who allegedly told her a garda whistleblower was a child abuser was “being used” by somebody.

Former Garda commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan has told the Charleton Tribunal she “did not feel comfortable” in the presence of former garda press officer Superintendent David Taylor, and at “times he appeared to be a divisive individual”.

Irish Independent editor Fionnán Sheahan told his colleague Anne Harris that garda whistleblower Sgt Maurice McCabe was a paedophile, the Charleton tribunal has been told.

Former Garda commissioner Martin Callinan has told the Disclosures Tribunal that his use of the word “disgusting” before a public accounts committee hearing was “isolated and misconstrued” in media reports.

“Bizarre” and “astonishing” are words not often pulled from the judicial lexicon but both got an outing at the Disclosures Tribunal yesterday.

There was a time, not so long ago, when the kind of evidence heard at the Disclosures Tribunal over the last week would have caused shock and outrage.

RTÉ has paid out in excess of €180,000 in damages and costs as a result of comments by solicitor Gerald Kean about garda whistleblowers Sgt Maurice McCabe and John Wilson in 2014.

The Disclosures Tribunal was treated to a splash of celebrity yesterday, but the tidings brought further troubling detail of how An Garda Síochána operated at the highest level.

What do you do after a meeting with one of the most powerful individuals in the State, which culminated in a warning that you’re making a “grave” mistake?

Did a garda commissioner maliciously describe one of his officers as a kiddie fiddler?

TD John McGuinness has claimed that the former garda commissioner told him in Leinster House that Sergeant Maurice McCabe “fiddled” with children and garda whistleblowers were “fucking headbangers”.

Following a series of high-profile scandals, the Department of Justice has become the new ‘Angola’ writes Political Editor Daniel McConnell

A state solicitor was so concerned about the strategy to undermine Garda whistleblower Maurice McCabe at the commission investigating his allegations that she made a late-night weekend phone call to the Garda head of legal affairs to alert him to what was happening.

In early 2015, Garda commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan was doing her best for the turbulent cop who had blown the whistle on malpractice in the force.

A decade-old indecent assault allegation against whistleblower Sgt Maurice McCabe was discussed at a meeting between gardaí and lawyers days before the O'Higgins commission of inquiry began hearings.

Bertie Ahern sought to reverse a decision of the previous government to sell the former CIE group of hotels. This was within months of his taking office in his first ministerial appointment.

The old saying goes, keep your friends close and your enemies closer, writes Political Editor Daniel McConnell.

John Wilson, drummer with the seminal Irish band, is hitting the road again with some of the magic music he made with Rory Gallagher, writes Ed Power

Since he first approached the body politic bearing his uncomfortable truths, Maurice McCabe has been a thorn in the side of successive governments, writes Michael Clifford

Chris Kahn and Tim Reid report on a poll that shows the American president’s popularity is eroding in the small towns and rural communities that helped him to get elected    

Music, comedy, drama and the annual Christmas panto will bring the Everyman Theatre’s 120th anniversary celebrations to a close, the venue’s autumn/winter programme launch has revealed.

Latest: The Justice Minister has suggested the search for a new Garda Commissioner may spread abroad.

It could prove a bit of a hairy topic for Garda management.

The former Oireachtas committee chairman had the courage to face down pressure from a most powerful individual and give a forum to whistleblower Sgt Maurice McCabe, writes Political Editor Daniel McConnell

If you're wondering how we got to where we are now, Michael Clifford breaksdown the main points from the continuing controversy surrounding the Garda Commissioner, whistleblower Maurice McCabe and the O’Higgins report

There was a campaign to undermine Garda whistleblower Maurice McCabe which made its way to the O’Higgins commission, Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has claimed in the Dáil.

Going along with an attempt to impugn Garda Maurice McCabe’s character raises fundamental questions about the Commissioner’s attitude to him and his concerns, writes Michael Clifford.

Number of seats: four. Electorate: 99,178 as of last election

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

The cleaned-up penalty points system has passed its first real test by the body set up to keep an eye on it, but there are still areas of concern, writes Michael Clifford

Just a few days left to pick up some last minute presents and to prepare for Christmas.

The only people that seem to be happy with Budget 2016 are the craft brewers. 

Despite a stunning performance at the Isle of Wight that’s about to be released on DVD, Rory Gallagher had a mixed time in his seminal early band, writes Ed Power

The September French wine sales keep on coming and there are genuine bargains to be had if you keep your wits about you over the next few weeks.

The Fennelly Report this week showed up how badly An Garda Síochána was being mismanaged. The Coalition has no appetite for justice reform, writes Clare Daly

A vastly different culture in An Garda Síochána was heralded with the new commissioner but has yet to materialise, writes Mick Clifford