Newspaper editor denies saying garda whistleblower was 'a paedophile'

The editor of the Irish Independent Fionnan Sheahan said he never told a former Sunday Independent editor that garda whistleblower Sgt Maurice McCabe was "a paedophile".
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The editor of the Irish Independent Fionnan Sheahan said he never told a former Sunday Independent editor that garda whistleblower Sgt Maurice McCabe was "a paedophile".
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