Sgt James Molloy, who works in the garda press office, said he would hear people discussing Sgt McCabe in the press office, though he could not recall who said what. Sgt Molloy said he was not aware of a smear campaign against Sgt McCabe, and was never told to smear anybody. Sgt Molloy said that Supt Taylor had “a tendency to gossip and chitchat in the office after an incident”. “I thought it was dangerous to be saying that in the press office, because that would bleed into the media,” Sgt Molloy said. “There is always the danger in the press office of loving it, getting a buzz from it.

Source: The Irish Times May 09, 2018 14:15 UTC