By Gerard CunninghamFormer garda commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan has told the Charleton tribunal that she contacted garda whistleblower Sgt Maurice McCabe in 2014 to tell him that she was absolutely committed to supporting him in the workplace. The tribunal is examining whether unjustified grounds were inappropriately relied upon by then commissioner O’Sullivan to discredit Sgt McCabe at the O’Higgins Commission. Former Garda Commissioner Noirin O’Sullivan at the Disclosures Tribunal in Dublin Castle, Dublin. In that conversation I reiterated I was absolutely committed to supporting him in the workplace," Ms O’Sullivan said. Garda Seargent Maurice McCabe arrives to hear former Garda commissioner Noirin O’Sullivan give evidence.

Source: Evening echo January 22, 2018 14:26 UTC