(Pictured: Sergeant Maurice McCabe. Credit: Collins)

By Gerard Cunningham

A senior garda officer has told the Charleton tribunal there were rumours circulating in Garda HQ about garda whistleblower Sergeant Maurice McCabe while he worked there.

Detective Superintendent Frank Walsh worked as private secretary to the commissioner until 2016, dealing with confidential reporting and protected disclosure.

“There were rumours circulating about Gda McCabe” Dept Supt Walsh said. “The rumour machine was in full flight around that time.”

Det Supt Walsh said that a correspondence file from Sgt McCabe, who first wrote to the commissioner about issues with Garda management, eventually grew to about 3,500 pages, although ….read more

(Pictured: Sergeant Maurice McCabe. Credit: Collins)

By Gerard Cunningham

A false allegation of rape remained on a file on garda whistleblower Sergeant Maurice McCabe until 2017, the Charleton tribunal heard today.

The allegation was forwarded to the Garda Commissioner in May 2014 by Assistant Commissioner Kieran Kenny (now retired) after he received a report from Chief Supt James Sheridan.

The DPP directed in 2007 that no prosecution should be made against Sgt McCabe following an allegation of inappropriate touching by Ms D in 2007. A Tusla file on Sgt McCabe was subsequently opened after Ms D sought counselling in 2013, to which allegations from ….read more

(Pictured: Mr Jim Gibson. Credit: Collins)

By Gerard Cunningham

A senior Tusla executive has denied there was a cover-up after a false allegation of sexual abuse was placed in a file against garda whistleblower Sgt Maurice McCabe.

The agency’s chief operations officer Jim Gibson also told the Charleton tribunal, which is looking at claims of a smear campaign against Sgt McCabe, that he wasn’t aware of any evidence of improper garda meddling in the case.

“We as an agency have stated clearly in January of this year that we made serious case management mistakes,” Mr Gibson said.

In 2006 Ms D made an allegation that ….read more