Tusla official tells tribunal she felt professional integrity was "attacked"

Two senior Tusla officials from County Donegal have told the Charleton tribunal that allegations of improper pressure on the child protection agency have damaged their professional reputations. Social worker Donna McTeague and her line manager Bridgeen Smith, Team Leader at the time, both rejected suggestions they were directed by gardaí to conduct a home visit to a garda and his partner in February 2014. Ms…