Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan faces grilling by opposition TDs over whistleblowers

Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan is set to be grilled by opposition TDs over the escalating whistleblowers’ scandal tomorrow when she attends a pre-arranged meeting with the Dáil’s cross-party justice committee.

Despite officially attending to discuss the Policing Authority, the Garda Inspectorate, and other matters, Ms O’Sullivan is also expected to face questions over whether she had any role in the latest allegations.

News of the likely questioning came as Tánaiste and Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald came under growing pressure to extend the judge-led inquiry into whistleblower allegations by Supt Dave Taylor that he was part of a campaign to discredit Maurice McCabe following his separate whistleblower revelations.