Former INM journalist offers assistance to McCabe tribunal

Gemma O’Doherty has written to the Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald

Former INM journalist Gemma O’Doherty

Investigative journalist Gemma O’Doherty has written to the Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald offering to assist with the upcoming tribunal of inquiry into the treatment of Garda whistleblower Sgt Maurice McCabe.

In a letter sent last week O’Doherty said that in 2012 she was approached by a “source close to Sgt McCabe” who provided her with information in relation to abuses of the fixed penalty points notice system as well as other alleged ...