Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Did this not set off alarm bells for Mr. Purcell? As Secretary General of the Department, when all this was being reported in the media and then this explosive transcript became known, can I be forgiven for thinking there was complete disregard and inertia? He may have thought Maurice McCabe dreamed up the entire conversation. From what he is telling us, Oliver Connolly did not deny anything.