‘Serious questions’ for Frances Fitzgerald in O’Higgins probe

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Tipperary TD Alan Kelly says it’s not credible that the Tánaiste knew of a row over the legal strategy to discredit Maurice McCabe for a full year, without probing the details of it.

The Taoiseach told the Dail last week that Frances Fitzgerald had no prior knowledge of the Garda strategy for the O’Higgins commission until May 2016.

But it has now emerged that the then Justice Minister knew some of the detail a full year previously.

Labour’s Alan Kelly says both the Taoiseach and Tánaiste have very serious questions to answer: