Former Justice Department Secretary General called to Disclosures Tribunal

The Disclosures Tribunal is to begin hearing from witnesses this morning, after taking a break to review additional evidence.

Update 11.15am: The former head of the Department of Justice has said he has no recollection of receiving an email also sent to the former Justice Minister regarding the then Garda Commissioner’s legal strategy to discredit Maurice McCabe.

Noel Waters is the first witness to be called at this module of the Tribunal, which is investigating whether Commissioner Noirin O’Sullivan relied on a false allegation to smear the Garda Whistleblower at the O’Higgins Commission.