Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The idea that this came as a bolt out of the blue is difficult to comprehend. The essential point is that the Taoiseach, in an unprecedented move which could have only one outcome, sent the Secretary General to the home of the former Garda Commissioner and he did not alert the Cabinet to that. The following morning, prior to the Cabinet meeting, the Secretary General rang the former Garda Commissioner and told him that the concerns of the Cabinet in relation to this issue had not dissipated-----

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