Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

Exactly one year after the email was sent to the Tánaiste, the Taoiseach told the Dáil, "I spoke to the Tánaiste, who told me she had no hand, act or part in that decision and that she was not aware of it until after the fact, around the time it entered the public domain." Is that what the Tánaiste told the Taoiseach? If that is accurate, was it accurate in terms of what the truth was from the Tánaiste's point of view? Is it actually the case that the Tánaiste is saying that not only did she forget the email but that she never read the email? Did the Tánaiste read the email at the time? If she did not read the email how was that possible, given that such an email should be in flashing lights given its contents referred to Maurice McCabe, who she had previously met?

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