Whistleblower smear Garda avoids most of legal bill

The former Garda press officer who helped run a smear campaign against whistleblower, Maurice McCabe, and then lied to the Disclosures Tribunal about the nature of his involvement is to get the bulk of his legal costs.

David Taylor, who retired last year, will get 70% of his costs which include fees for a junior and two senior counsel, a full-time solicitor, an occasional second solicitor and a law firm that "committed an enormous amount of time and resources" to representing him.