Taoiseach failed to act on McCabe warnings

Fresh questions have emerged over the Taoiseach’s handling of the Garda whistleblower controversies, with new information showing he failed to act on warnings from his own party on the issue.

A Fine Gael member of the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee approached Taoiseach Enda Kenny following its hearings on penalty point cancellations earlier this year and told him that the Garda whistleblower, Maurice McCabe, “would be vindicated”.

John Deasy raised concerns with the Taoiseach on February 20 following the committee’s meeting in private with Mr McCabe — whom he found to be credible — and public hearings with the then Garda commissioner, Martin Callinan.