Garda whistleblower Sgt Maurice McCabe should be paid massive damages following the State apology given to him yesterday, it has been claimed. The possibility of a new financial settlement to Sgt McCabe was raised after a formal state apology was given to him and his family. “Sgt McCabe is entitled to another remedy. But the State needs to recognise that its most senior police officer engaged in a campaign of calumny against Sgt McCabe and that campaign has to be rectified by the State,” he said. “I bear no ill will toward Frances Fitzgerald, I share the view that she is a fine politician.

Source: Irish Examiner October 17, 2018 22:52 UTC