Department of Justice Secretary General retires amid scandal fallout

Department of Justice secretary general Noel Waters has retired with immediate effect and brought forward his planned departure from February 2018 today "entirely of my own volition" amid the McCabe e-mails scandal fallout.

Tue, 28 Nov, 2017 - 18:36

By Fiachra Ó Cionnaith

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