It emerged this weekend that Tánaiste Leo Varadkar is the subject of a full investigation by gardaí over his handing a confidential Government document to a friend.
The case centres on Mr Varadkar’s decision to pass a confidential copy of the Government’s proposed new GP contract with the Irish Medical Organisation to his friend Maitiú Ó Tuathail, who was then the head of the rival National Association of General Practitioners, in April 2019.
There have been a number of criminal investigations into high-profile politicians in Ireland, some of which resulted in prosecution and some where no charges were brought. Here are some of those cases:
Gardai believe two Cork brothers may have been killed in row over sale of animals
Postmortems are expected to confirm that Johnny Hennessy bludgeoned siblings Willie and Paddy ‘Pa’ Hennessy to death with an axe
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