US prosecutor fired over interview he gave during Irish visit

FEDERAL prosecutor John McKay travelled to Ireland intending to visit family in Nenagh and get away from his political trouble with the Attorney General’s office.

It turned out to be the trip that got him fired.

“Even when [McKay] is in Ireland he causes problems! He needs to stop writing letters,” wrote Michael Elston, chief of staff of the Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty, last September.