Alan Shatter: 'Telling the truth gets you into trouble'

As he fights for political survival, Shatter says his career isn't over just yet

Alan Shatter: ‘Arrogance is something that journalists write about. No one who has ever worked with me has that view of me’ Picture: Feargal Ward

Shatter believes he has another ten years of public service left in him if the people of Dublin Rathdown return him to the Dáil at the next election. He is well aware it will be a dogfight. The constituency – the old Dublin South – has been reduced from five seats to three.

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