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Protected disclosure by Taylor "essentially a work of fiction", garda lawyers tell tribunal

Summary

During the Charleton tribunal, lawyers for An Garda Síochana argued that former garda press officer Superintendent David Taylor's protected disclosure was "essentially a work of fiction." Shane Murphy SC, speaking in his closing submission, maintained that there was no substantiated evidence that former commissioner Martin Callinan or his deputy Nóirín O'Sullivan directed Taylor to brief negatively against whistleblower Sergeant Maurice McCabe. Murphy said the tribunal should find the allegations of such direction untrue, noting that the evidence under oath presented a very different picture from the claims in Taylor's 2016 disclosure. He described Taylor's credibility as "effectively shattered" and highlighted that rumours circulating in 2014 or earlier did not prove deliberate spread by Taylor. The tribunal's next submissions will be made by barristers for Independent News & Media and Sgt McCabe.

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What: Report matter: Protected disclosure by Taylor "essentially a work of fiction", garda lawyers tell tribunal. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision

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• 2018-06-28 Publication

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Stage Hearing Or Decision

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