Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Why did she sit idly by as the plan to discredit Sergeant McCabe unfolded? She said that she could not remember the email but I do not accept that because the political controversy surrounding Maurice McCabe had already led to the resignation of a Minister for Justice and Equality and a Garda Commissioner. It centred on allegations against Sergeant McCabe of which the Tánaiste was aware for a whole year, so not reading or remembering this email is, frankly, not believable. It is baffling that the Tánaiste did not object in some way to the Garda Commissioner's strategy.

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