On Tuesday, former Garda commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan faced her second day giving evidence at the Charleton tribunal. The current module of the tribunal is tasked with establishing if O’Sullivan used “unjustified grounds” to try to discredit the Garda whistleblower Maurice McCabe. The tribunal is examining whether the then commissioner instructed her lawyers to impugn the character of McCabe at the commission and whether this was an inappropriate strategyWhat made today noteworthy? McDowell also acted for McCabe during the O’Higgins commission and was the person who demanded then to know if his client’s integrity was under attack. On Tuesday McDowell repeatedly presented O’Sullivan with transcripts from the O’Higgins commission showing Garda lawyers stating they had instructions to challenge McCabe’s integrity.

Source: The Irish Times January 23, 2018 20:37 UTC