Former Garda commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan has been accused of telling “a dark lie” to the Charleton tribunal over the impact of a whistleblower’s allegations of corruption. Counsel responded that this was a “dark lie,” adding that “he did not retire because of allegations made against him by Sgt McCabe”. “All I can say is I didn’t instruct that his integrity be challenged,” Ms O’Sullivan replied. Sexual assaultEarlier, Ms O’Sullivan said she has no memory of seeing false accusations that Sgt McCabe had committed a serious sexual assault. Ms O’Sullivan replied that she would not want to pre-empt a decision by the tribunal’s chairman Mr Justice Peter Charleton.

Source: The Irish Times January 23, 2018 14:01 UTC