Charleton Tribunal garda may face disciplinary action

The senior garda at the centre of the Charleton Tribunal has been threatened with possible disciplinary action, the Irish Examiner has learnt.

Supt David Taylor, the former head of the Garda press office, has alleged in a protected disclosure that Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan was part of a smear campaign orchestrated at Garda headquarters against whistleblower Sgt Maurice McCabe.

Supt Taylor is understood to have received notification yesterday that he may be disciplined over another issue which predated his allegations against the commissioner.