Nóirín O’Sullivan ‘hadn’t heard McCabe rumours’

Nóirín O’Sullivan didn’t hear all the bad stuff that was going around about Maurice McCabe a few years back. She didn’t speak to anybody about it either.

Neither did she see other people discussing it. Her evidence to the Disclosures Tribunal yesterday inferred that she was completely oblivious to scurrilous rumours, lies and distortions circulating in Garda HQ and the media about the turbulent whistleblower.

Ms O’Sullivan was back before the inquiry to tell what, if anything, she knew about an alleged smear campaign against Sergeant McCabe.