Latest: Tánaiste 'was not informed of call between Garda Commissioner and Department'

LATEST: It has been stated this evening that Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald was not informed of a phone call between Nóirín O’Sullivan and the Department of Justice over the adversarial legal strategy towards Maurice McCabe at the the O’Higgins Tribunal.

Update 6pm: It has been stated this evening that Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald was not informed of a phone call between Nóirín O’Sullivan and the Department of Justice over the adversarial legal strategy towards Maurice McCabe at the the O’Higgins Tribunal.

A spokeswoman for Ms Fitzgerald has said that the Tánaiste was not aware of the phone conversation between the then Garda Commissioner and a senior official from the Department.