Mick Clifford: No lessons will be learned from a closed-door Tusla inquiry

The fitness-to-practise inquiry into social workers' handling of false allegations against Garda whistleblower Maurice McCabe being held in private is certainly not justice being seen to be done

Garda whistleblower Maurice McCabe was the subject of outrageous and erroneous allegations of child abuse. Picture: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie

This week, an inquiry has taken place behind closed doors into a serious matter of state. It relates to the case of Garda whistleblower Maurice McCabe, who was the subject of outrageous and erroneous allegations of child abuse. 

The erroneous allegation was generated within the Child and Family Agency, Tusla. It occurred at a time when McCabe was discommoding senior management in An Garda Síochána, and by extension, the government of the day.