Fianna Fáil back Garda Commissioner amid latest whistleblower claims

Fianna Fáil have backed Garda Commissioner Noirin O’Sullivan amid fresh allegations she led a campaign to undermine garda whistleblower Sgt Maurice McCabe.

But justice spokesman Jim O’Callaghan said the garda chief would have to resign if any truth was found in the new claims now be investigated in a full inquiry.

The new claims centre around Supt David Taylor who, under protected disclosure, alleges Ms O’Sullivan and her predecessor Martin Callinan instructed him to negatively brief the media, a charge both strenuously deny.