Whistleblower Maurice McCabe to head traffic unit

Sergeant Maurice McCabe, the officer known as the garda whistleblower, has been appointed as acting head of the traffic unit in Mullingar.

The appointment, while technically not a promotion, is an indication that Sgt McCabe is being allowed to resume his career in a manner effectively denied him for the last seven years.

It also indicates a change in approach from Garda management, which had been hostile towards Sgt McCabe, best exemplified in the statement last year of former commissioner Martin Callinan that Sgt McCabe’s actions and those of former garda John Wilson were “disgusting”.