Gilmore demands answers on Callinan’s exit

The public is entitled to know the full facts surrounding the resignation of the Garda Commissioner last month, Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has said.

In a strong signal that he believes his Fine Gael partners in Government still have questions to answer, he said the retirement is “a matter of great consequence” and it is “clearly in the public interest the matter be teased out in full”.

The Labour Party leader told the Dáil it is important that “all those concerned be given the opportunity to account in person for their actions” to a commission of inquiry into issues involving the gardaí, being chaired by Justice Nial Fennelly.