Leo Varadkar: Good woman leaving office without a full hearing

The Taoiseach strongly defended Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald in spite of her decision to resign over a failure to act over a Garda management strategy to discredit whistleblower Maurice McCabe.

Leo Varadkar reiterated that Ms Fitzgerald had “no hand, act or part” in trying to discredit the Garda whistleblower in relation to documents which show the Tánaiste was made aware of a Garda plan to do so.

Mr Varadkar said he expected Ms Fitzgerald to still play a role in politics and said she would not have had to resign if the Department of Justice had originally supplied all documents on the issue.