Kenny asserted that it vindicated his view of the events, but Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin claimed the opposite and promised to raise motions of no confidence in the Taoiseach when Dáil Éireann resumed after the summer recess.
[3][4] The report found that senior gardaí had "almost total ignorance" of the fact that phone calls were being recorded.
This was because the commission required an initial report from the Inspector of Prisons, Michael Reilly, incomplete at his death in November 2016.
[7] The report noted that Gardaí investigating the Toscan du Plantier murder had discussed the possibility of altering or suppressing evidence,[8] but not that they had actually done so.
It found that they had disclosed confidential negative information about Ian Bailey, their chief suspect, to journalists, locals, and officials.