The State has advanced the proposition that the departing official may have had “an axe to grind” against Cahill. Clinton had referred to what he said was a contemporaneous diary note of a phone call with his colleague, Heavey, recounting what the other official had told Heavey. “So, the diary entry in blue is purported to be a contemporaneous note; the black amendment to that is the result of your having had a subsequent conversation with Mr Heavey,” Hanaphy said. Hanaphy put it to Clinton: “You assumed you’d coast in and get the interview – otherwise you wouldn’t have been knocked over by a feather.”“I expected to get an interview,” Clinton said. It’s backed up by documentary evidence,” Clinton replied.

Source: The Irish Times March 06, 2026 20:31 UTC