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Liaison has no recollection of apology being made to McCabe over error
2018-01-19
Trial
Summary
During the Charleton tribunal, Chief Superintendent Fergus Healy, the Garda liaison officer for the O'Higgins Commission, testified that he had no recollection of an apology being offered to Sergeant Maurice McCabe after a document error was discovered. The error involved a statement that McCabe had complained against Senior Officer Michael Clancy, when in fact McCabe had brought complaints to Clancy. Healy said the Garda Commissioner's legal team had asked what the "triggering factor" was for McCabe's complaints and that the error was a "genuine mistake." He added that it would be "completely wrong" not to apologise. The tribunal was examining whether unjustified grounds were used by the Garda Commissioner to challenge McCabe's credibility, with the Commissioner's legal team reportedly accepting the O'Higgins Commission's findings that any aspersions were wrong and unfair. The hearing also involved Mr. Michael McDowell, representing McCabe, questioning the basis of the Commissioner's legal team's cross‑examination of McCabe's motives.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Liaison has no recollection of apology being made to McCabe over error. Procedural stage: trial
When:
- June 2015 Other
- 2018-01-19 Publication
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