It was reported yesterday that the Child and Family Agency Tusla shared a file with An Garda Síochána which contained allegations against Sergeant Maurice McCabe.
Tusla opened an investigation into the welfare of Sergeant McCabe's children, around the same time he made allegations of mismanagement in the Garda force.
It subsequently emerged last ight that a Tusla counsellor “mistakenly copied and pasted” allegations of the rape of a child into a file on garda whistleblower sergeant Maurice McCabe.
Tusla admitted to the “clerical error” in 2014. Meanwhile, Mr McCabe first heard of the allegations last year.
Earlier Sinn Fein TD Mary-Lou McDonald says in light of the “disgusting and vile” revelations, Commissioner O'Sullivan must step aside without prejudice immediately.
