Setting the record straight

Alan Shatter set out to reform the judicial system but left a lot of legislative loose ends behind, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

It was almost straight out of an episode from Callan’s Kicks: Count Shatter simply disappears in a puff of smoke; the suddenness of his departure in keeping with his mysterious ways.

The former minister of justice &will not be easily forgotten. His personality flaws have been expertly dissected elsewhere. The man’s extraordinary legislative record, however, also deserves careful examination.