The internal garda investigation into ticket-fixing in 2012-13, a practice Sergeant McCabe had highlighted, was one. AC O’Mahoney told the tribunal that he knew for a fact around December 2012 that Sgt McCabe was the whistleblower. Both the later investigations interviewed Sgt McCabe, which may or may not be a coincidence. Why this information was being passed to AC O’Mahoney, rather than a local officer in Co Cavan is a mystery. “Why pick such a senior officer to speak to a civilian in matters about Sergeant McCabe?” she asked AC O’Mahoney.

Source: Irish Examiner June 06, 2018 22:52 UTC