Whistleblowers: Dermot Ahern was warned about ‘Donegal all over again’

The Garda whistleblower, Sergeant Maurice McCabe, warned a former justice minister that the rubbishing of his claims of malpractice in the force was “Donegal all over again”.

Referring to the previous tribunal of inquiry into corrupt gardaí, Sgt McCabe made the comments in correspondence to DermotAhern in 2009.

The Government this week agreed to hold a lawyer-led review into how Sgt McCabe’s claims about the force were handled by the Department of Justice as well as by gardaí and other authorities.