Ex-minister: My driver warned me about McCabe

Former communications minister Pat Rabbitte has said his retired garda driver told him of rumours on the Garda “grapevine” about Maurice McCabe, including that he could not be trusted with children.

He said the conversation happened after he spoke of Sgt McCabe’s “good character” on RTÉ and the driver collected him and warned that the whistleblower could not be trusted.

The claims by the former Labour TD were made at the Disclosures Tribunal, which is investigating if there was a smear campaign in the force against Sgt McCabe.