Oliver Connolly’s statement in full

Oliver Connolly has released a statement about his role as confidential recipient for An Garda Síochána.

1. Political Advantage?

During the past number of weeks, I have been subject to a concentrated attack by certain members of Dáil Éireann. These individuals, in a naked political attempt to embarrass a minister for justice whom they oppose, have selectively extracted lines from an unverified transcript of a confidential conversation between a serving member of An Garda Síochána and myself, acting in my former role of confidential recipient.