Silence no longer a viable option as day of reckoning looms for Garda Commissioner

Wholly contradictory statements about the alleged smear campaign against whistleblowers must be clarified immediately if the Garda Commissioner is to retain any credibility, writes Political Editor Daniel McConnell

WHO are we to believe? Last Wednesday, the under-fire Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan denied she had any knowledge of any smear campaign against whistleblowers within the force.

That was the charge made in two explosive protected disclosures which landed on the desk of Tánaiste and Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald last Monday.