No-confidence motion adds to whistleblower woes

The Government faces a motion of no confidence this week over the latest garda whistleblower crisis which is threatening to derail the minority government.

Senior figures in Fianna Fáil will meet today and discuss how to approach the vote, although the party is likely to stick to its support deal with the Fine Gael-led minority government.

The motion of no confidence is being tabled by Sinn Féin, who maintain that ministers have misled how they handled false sex abuse allegations against garda whistleblower Sgt Maurice McCabe.