Thursday 23 September, 2021
Disagreement emerged between members over the deletion of the Guerin report from the Oireachtas Library.
The former justice minister resigned over a garda whistleblower controversy in 2014.
Shatter has spoken out for the first time about the lead up to his resignation from government.
Rock sued Shatter at Dublin District Court for €1,800 after the accident on 2 December 2015.
The Guerin report looked into the handling of Shatter of claims made by Maurice McCabe.
The MInister for Transport and former justice minister have been arguing over Stepaside Garda Station.
Former Justice Minister Alan Shatter accused Fianna Fáil of ‘losing their moral compass’ by supporting the Bill.
It is the second time he has launched legal proceedings against the publication in the past six months.
It’s not looking as bad as it did for Martin Callinan, but he still has questions to answer this week at Dublin Castle.
The former justice minister was giving evidence this afternoon at Dublin Castle.
The appeal concerned an infamous appearance by Shatter and Wexford TD Mick Wallace on RTÉ’s Prime Time in 2013.
The former Justice Minister said the Taoiseach and Attorney General’s actions might be “a resigning matter”.
In a statement, the government referenced Shatter’s resignation letter where he called Kenny an “extraordinary Taoiseach”.
A Court of Appeal ruled that the Guerin report reached “seriously damaging” conclusions.
Earlier this month, the Court of Appeal unanimously granted Alan Shatter’s appeal to challenge the Guerin Report.
Fine Gael has been on Twitter and Facebook, promoting a set of claims about its role in the fall of mortgages in arrears. Do they check out?
The report focussed on Shatter’s handling of complaints made by Garda whistleblower Sergeant Maurice McCabe.
He said it was “reasonable” to ask the Taoiseach and his former colleagues to correct the Dáil record.
With 22 probationary gardaí in 2008, Bailieboro was effectively a mini Templemore.
He said today that he wants the Dáil record to be cleared as the Guerin report had been accepted in full.
Shatter has called for the immediate publication of the O’Higgins report into garda corruption.
“We won’t just stay in government for the sake of it, we won’t be clinging to power.”
Political discourse can involve One Direction. That’s how it works here.
The former TD insists he’s not “out to get” anybody, but he’s warning another election is likely in the next 18 months.
The former justice minister said leaflets were distributed during the week instructing voters to give Josepha Madigan their number one.
The former minister for justice lost his seat to the deputy leader of the Green Party Catherine Martin.
The former minister said he believes political opponents are sabotaging his campaign.
Alan Shatter opens up on the controversies that forced him to resign, Leo Varadkar and whether he says ‘hello’ to Mick Wallace.
“I think we have a problem here.”
The Fine Gael TD has an unusual election prop.
The Fine Gael TD for south Dublin is hoping to table the motion next week, depending on when the general election is called.
Shatter said he had raised this issue with Martin Callinan.
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Here’s some of what the former Tánaiste has revealed.
The bill will now move to the Seanad before it is enacted.
The former justice minister faced a battle to ensure he could run in the next general election.
The property developer was heavily criticised after using a Nazi slogan in his submission to the banking inquiry.
To defend the Taoiseach’s disingenuousness and the Attorney General’s incompetence is to harm the integrity of politics, writes a former advisor to Alan Shatter.
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