Garda Commissioner to release O’Higgins statement

The Garda Commissioner is expected to issue a statement as early as today in a bid to quell controversy over her directions to lawyers over Sergeant Maurice McCabe at the O’Higgins inquiry.

There was speculation that a statement was going to be published yesterday, but it never materialised.

The Department of Justice confirmed yesterday that Tánaiste and Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald and Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan met in the afternoon.