Gardaí are investigating an incident on the M7 Limerick to Dublin motorway in which well-known artist John Shinnors was injured in a collision with a van driven by an off-duty garda.

Gardaí are investigating an incident on the M7 Limerick to Dublin motorway in which a man was injured in a collision with a van driven by an off-duty garda.

Micheál Martin is today expected to broaden Fianna Fáil’s attack on Justice Minister Alan Shatter’s handling of the Garda Ombudsman Office affair, after receiving a briefing from Sergeant Maurice McCabe, the Garda whistleblower who highlighted the penalty points scandal.

The Green Party has backed calls for a new law to allow the Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland Nuala O’Loan to swap and share information with the Garda Ombudsman’s Office.