Tribunal told that email was ‘wiped from history’

Former justice minister Frances Fitzgerald received a hard copy of an email which detailed the legal strategy being taken by An Garda Síochána against whistleblower Sgt Maurice McCabe, the Disclosures Tribunal has heard.

It was suggested at the tribunal yesterday that, just a year later, this email had been “wiped from history”.

Ms Fitzgerald’s former private secretary confirmed a printed copy of the email was handed to the then minister when it was sent in 2015 and she had then returned it.