The Taoiseach strongly defended Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald in spite of her decision to resign over a failure to act over a Garda management strategy to discredit whistleblower Maurice McCabe. Leo Varadkar reiterated that Ms Fitzgerald had “no hand, act or part” in trying to discredit the Garda whistleblower in relation to documents which show the Tánaiste was made aware of a Garda plan to do so. Addressing the Dáil after her resignation, the Taoiseach insisted Ms Fitzgerald deserved to be given a full hearing on the controversy. There was a feeding frenzy, and it became impossible for her to get a fair hearing based on the full facts. Frances Fitzgerald played a key role in this.

Source: Irish Examiner November 29, 2017 00:00 UTC