Pat Carey: Leak an 'orchestrated attempt to bring me down'

Pat Carey said he was 'subjected to the gravest allegations, my character vilified, and my good name destroyed'. Picture: PA

Former Minister Pat Carey has said the damage to his good name will never be fully repaired, despite an apology from the Garda Commissioner over a leaking controversy.

Drew Harris apologised before the High Court to Mr Carey for the "severe and wholly unjustified distress" the former Fianna Fáil TD suffered after information in relation to a Garda investigation into child sexual abuse appeared in the media.