Maurice McCabe: Nothing but a public inquiry will do

There is growing pressure for a public inquiry into an alleged orchestrated smear campaign and attacks by agencies of the State against Sgt Maurice McCabe, which the whistleblower says he and his family endured during an eight-year “nightmare”.

Cabinet will meet today and is likely to scramble to set up the inquiry in a bid to quell public anger and mounting criticism about its handling of the controversy.

In a detailed statement, Sgt McCabe outlined what his family had suffered, including false Tusla allegations that he was a child sex abuser.