Maurice McCabe tribunal adjourned over false rape allegation

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Maurice McCabe’s Disclosures Tribunal case was adjourned on 13 February 2018 after closing submissions about a false rape allegation.

The first module examined how a 2013 Tusla file containing false sexual-abuse allegations was created, distributed and used, including whether it was knowingly used to discredit him.

McCabe’s lawyer said the allegation’s inclusion resulted from a cut-and-paste error rather than deliberate action or ill will. Lawyers for Tusla and the garda commissioner said there was no evidence of a conspiracy or deliberate plan to harm him.

The tribunal was due to resume the following month.