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McCabe urges anyone who received text messages to "come forward"

Summary

During the Charleton tribunal, Garda whistleblower Sergeant Maurice McCabe urged anyone who had received text messages from a former Garda press officer alleging he abused children to come forward. McCabe explained that Superintendent David Taylor had forwarded a collection of such texts to journalists, senior Gardaí and politicians as part of an "orchestrated campaign" to "destroy him." He said he had not informed Taylor of his conversations with Deputy John McGuinness and that Taylor had not confirmed whether McCabe's Pulse computer activity was monitored. McCabe also noted that Pulse records had been altered in cases he had highlighted, such as a pub inspection that was later recorded as "inspected premises, all normal." The tribunal will resume on Thursday with closing submissions on the third module, which examined whether former Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan had used unjustified grounds to discredit McCabe at the O'Higgins Commission of Investigation. The chairman remarked that the proceedings were "the beginning of the end.".

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: McCabe urges anyone who received text messages to "come forward". Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision

When:

• 20 September 2016 Incident
• September 2016 Other
• 20 March Adjournment
• 2018-03-06 Publication

Why: Sergeant McCabe told the Charleton tribunal that it would be foolish of him to make allegations about Superintendent David Taylor sending text messages to people, because if he was investigating such an allegation, he would check if that had happened. CNI source report

Topics

Pubs And Nightclubs Stage Hearing Or Decision

Read the original CNI report