Disclosures Tribunal: PAC chair kept notes of Callinan meeting

Fianna Fáil TD John McGuinness kept notes of a conversation with former Garda commissioner Martin Callinan in which he allegedly claimed a garda whistleblower had sexually abused his children and could not be trusted.

The claims against Mr Callinan come as the Disclosures Tribunal continues to investigate whether there was a Garda campaign to discredit whistleblower Sergeant Maurice McCabe.

Mr McGuinness, former chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), outlined how he met Mr Callinan in a car park of a hotel the day after his appearance at the committee in January 2014.