Garda boss silent amid calls to quell controversy

Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan was last night refusing to heed calls from Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald to clarify her attempted undermining of Garda whistle-blower, Maurice McCabe.

Ms Fitzgerald made it clear yesterday in the Dáil that she expected Ms O’Sullivan to clarify the tactics engaged by her legal team toward Sgt McCabe at the O’Higgins inquiry into allegations of Garda malpractice.

Speaking in Washington DC, Taoiseach Enda Kenny weighed into the controversy, expressing his full confidence in Ms O’Sullivan, despite almost a week of revelations about Ms O’Sullivan and her legal team.