Fennelly Fallout: Fitzgerald stands by attorney general in spite of criticisms

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has said she has full confidence in Attorney General Máire Whelan despite criticisms of her following publication of the Fennelly Report.

Fennelly Fallout: Fitzgerald stands by attorney general in spite of criticisms

Sinn Féin has called on the Government’s chief legal adviser to resign and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin said she had “serious questions to answer”.

The report highlighted Ms Whelan’s failure to recognise the significance of the Garda telephone recordings issue when it was first brought to her attention by the then Garda commissioner four months before it escalated into a crisis.

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