Paul Murphy TD: Commissioner’s husband had role

Anti-Austerity Alliance TD Paul Murphy has said the Garda Commissioner’s husband, Jim McGowan, had a role in handling text messages on the phones of Garda whistleblowers.

In the Dáil, Mr Murphy said that Mr McGowan “took control” of mobile phones on which he alleged there are texts which show Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan knew of the campaign to destroy Sergeant Maurice McCabe.

“The commissioner’s husband took control of his mobile phones, upon which, allegedly, there is a text from the commissioner saying “perfect” in response to the idea that a journalist was meeting the alleged victim of Maurice McCabe,” Mr Murphy asked Taoiseach Enda Kenny.