Shatter asked Barrett to change ruling

Former justice minister Alan Shatter wrote again to the Ceann Comhairle Sean Barrett on the evening the Dáil set up the Commission of Inquiry into Garda malpractice in Cavan-Monaghan, urging him to change his ruling and decide that the Commission must exclude Shatter’s actions from its remit.

While the Ceann Comhairle was under fire from the opposition for refusing a debate on the terms of reference of the Commission, Shatter requested that he ...