Michael Clifford: Maurice McCabe fought the law — but what’s changed?

The justice minister claims he wants to sit down with McCabe and discuss his legacy. It’s all a far cry from the government line just a few years ago, writes Michael Clifford.

On the day after Maurice McCabe retired from An Garda Síochána, one might well ask has anything changed. There has been much about the culture within the organisation, but what of the political overseers of the force.