Whistleblowers subjected to ‘smears’ for telling truth

The Garda whistleblowers deserve an apology from the Taoiseach over the way they’ve been systematically “smeared”, according to opposition parties.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin accused the Government of selectively leaking parts of the report into penalty points let-offs in a bid to manipulate “damage limitation”.

Independent TD Mick Wallace, one of the first to raise the issue in the Dáil, said the damning report proved that both Justice Minister Alan Shatter and the Garda Commissioner, Martin Callinan, are unfit for office.