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The Public Expenditure Minister says he won't "take sides" between Garda whistleblower Maurice McCabe and Commissioner Martin Callinan - saying everyone is entitled to "fair hearing".

Publc expenditure minister on whistleblower The Public Expenditure Minister says he won't "take sides" between Garda whistleblower Maurice McCabe and Commissioner Martin Callinan - saying everyone is entitled to "fair hearing". Brendan Howlin made the comments on his way into this morning's Cabinet meeting - where Ministers could sign-off on an independent inquiry into allegations that serious crimes, including murder, weren't properly investigated. Last night, Sergeant Maurice McCabe denied the Garda Commissioner had directed him to co-operate with an inquiry into the cancellation of penalty points. Minister Brendan Howlin says the Government will consider a Commission of Investigation into the matter.