McCabe: Accepting responsibility in a no-blame culture

Tusla has blamed a multitude of “terrible errors” on “bad file management” - cold comfort for families in contact with the service

Garda whistleblower Maurice McCabe

Tusla's Gerard Lowry was ready to accept responsibility for the litany of grave errors involved in handlinga false rape allegation againstGarda whistleblower Maurice McCabe.

As area manager for child protection services in Cavan and Monaghan, he agreed, over two days of evidence to the Disclosures Tribunal, that the buck stopped with him.

There were ample opportunities to weed out an administrative error from 2013 wrongly accusing the garda sergeant of “digital penetration” of ...