A Force for Justice

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When Sergeant Maurice McCabe notified his superiors of questionable details in the case of murderer Jerry McGrath - a young man who was at large at the time of his offence due to a garda error - nothing could have prepared him for what was in store.

What ensued was eight years of a personal nightmare as he attempted to get somebody to listen to this and other complaints of garda malpractice. He suffered bullying and harassment on the job. At home, his wife and five children were placed under constant stress.

The heat was turned up further when he exposed how senior officers were manipulating road safety by wiping speeding tickets for thousands of friends, family and high-profile individuals.

His quest to expose incompetence and corruption, and official Ireland's reaction to it, ultimately saw the unprecedented resignation of both a garda commissioner and Minister for Justice.

Containing previously unpublished insights into the detail and drama of this extraordinary case, A Force for Justice is the official account of one man's struggle against the system, in a force that ultimately wanted to bury him and his inconvenient truths. It has all the ingredients of a fast-paced thriller, only more extraordinary for the fact that it is all true.When Sergeant Maurice McCabe notified his superiors of questionable details in the case of murderer Jerry McGrath - a young man who was at large at the time of his offence due to a garda error - nothing could have prepared him for what was in store.

What ensued was eight years of a personal nightmare as he attempted to get somebody to listen to this and other complaints of garda malpractice. He suffered bullying and harassment on the job. At home, his wife and five children were placed under constant stress.

The heat was turned up further when he exposed how senior officers were manipulating road safety by wiping speeding tickets for thousands of friends, family and high-profile individuals.

His quest to expose incompetence and corruption, and official Ireland's reaction to it, ultimately saw the unprecedented resignation of both a garda commissioner and Minister for Justice.

Containing previously unpublished insights into the detail and drama of this extraordinary case, A Force for Justice is the official account of one man's struggle against the system, in a force that ultimately wanted to bury him and his inconvenient truths. It has all the ingredients of a fast-paced thriller, only more extraordinary for the fact that it is all true.
2016 Journalist of the Year Michael Clifford is special correspondent with the Irish Examiner. He is also a broadcaster who frequently presents programmes on Irish radio and TV. In 2014, he was also named Journalist of the Year, for his coverage of the Maurice McCabe story.

He is author of the non-fiction bestselling titles Love You to Death: Ireland's Wife Killers Revealed, and Bertie Ahern and the Drumcondra Mafia and Scandal Nation (both with Shane Coleman). He is also author of the crime fiction novels The Deal and Ghost Town.