Maurice McCabe ‘felt under threat’

Sergeant Maurice McCabe indicated to his bosses that he felt under “threat” from Nóirín O’Sullivan after her legal team told the O’Higgins inquiry that they were challenging his motivation in making complaints about corruption and malpractice.

In a report of a meeting with his district officer on May 18, 2015, Sgt McCabe said he “did not feel safe” and that if anything went wrong “they would be down on him like a ton of bricks”.

The report, sent by Superintendent Alan Murray to the commissioner’s office, was revealed yesterday at the Disclosure Tribunal, where Ms O’Sullivan was giving evidence.