Harris to press: don’t close ranks on McCabe smear ‘cabal’
‘I would be happy to cooperate with inquiry,’ says former Sunday Independent editor
Former Sunday Independent editor Anne Harris has said she believes that editors and journalists need to “stop closing ranks” around the sources of a malicious smear campaign against Garda whistleblower Sergeant Maurice McCabe.
“As editor of the Sunday Independent, like most other editors, this malicious smear campaign was regularly pushed by reputable journalists and I am glad to say I rejected them every time even though this did not always help internal relations,” ...