Tánaiste to consider protected disclosures regarding campaign against whistleblowers

Tánaiste and Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has said she will “very carefully” consider two protected disclosures from two senior Gardai alleging a campaign to destroy whistleblowers writes Irish Examiner Political Editor Daniel McConnell.

Tanaiste and Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has said she will “very carefully” consider two protected disclosures from two senior Gardai alleging a campaign to destroy whistleblowers writes Irish Examiner Political Editor Daniel McConnell.

Speaking at the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice this morning, Ms Fitzgerald was responding to revelations in the Irish Examiner about the disclosures, which said senior management ordered the smear campaign to proceed.