Alan Kelly in fresh Maurice McCabe complaint

Dáil chairman, Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghail, is “considering” a fresh complaint from Labour TD Alan Kelly over information he sought over the treatment of Garda whistleblower Maurice McCabe.

Mr Ó Fearghail yesterday received new correspondence from Mr Kelly and he is now taking the matter under consideration for adjudication, a spokeswoman for the Oireachtas said.

Mr Kelly has been highly critical of the quality of responses from Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan over whether his department knew anything about the legal strategy to “attack the credibility” of Sgt McCabe when he was being cross-examined by lawyers for ex-commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan in May 2015.