Opposition rounds on Tánaiste’s ‘failings’

Opposition parties say new documents on what Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald knew about a garda strategy to discredit Maurice McCabe make her position untenable.

Sinn Féin, Labour, and the Social Democrats said that the new documents on advice given to her in 2015 show she clearly knew — even though the Tánaiste has denied this.

The new documents released by the Department of Justice show she was made aware a second time in July 2015 of a potential Garda strategy to undermine Sgt Maurice.