Profile Máire Whelan: Whelan’s dealings

And nearly five years into the job, legal and civil service gossip suggests that all is not rosy at Whelan’s office

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Age:53

Appearance: Reserved and studious looking

Newsworthiness: Under fire after the Commission of Inquiry into IBRC said it did not have legal powers to continue

If the mark of a successful attorney general is how few column inches you ratchet up in the newspapers, then Máire Whelan is on a losing streak.

The Siteserv inquiry, teetering this weekend on the verge of collapse after the judge tasked with conducting it said he ...