Maurice McCabe had done the state a “considerable service” said a judge in a report of the Disclosures Tribunal LAURA HUTTON/ROLLINGNEWS.IEMaurice McCabe has received an award from the road safety watchdog for his work highlighting the cancellation of penalty points. The Road Safety Authority said the garda whistleblower had helped to ensure motorists with bad driving behaviour had received their due penalties. Mr McCabe, a former garda sergeant, said he was thrilled. “I was just delighted — it was the public that nominated me,” he said at the Leading Lights in Road Safety Awards at Croke Park. “I’m very happy that I started this, I finished it and things have changed.”Mr McCabe retired after 30 years’ service in October, weeks after the publication of the Disclosures Tribunal report in which Mr Justice Peter Charleton described him as having done the state “considerable service”.

Source: The Times December 13, 2018 00:03 UTC