‘It’s what you say in public that counts’

LABOUR Party justice spokesman Joe Costello last night refused to say whether he felt Justice Minister Michael McDowell should resign over the apparent security failures at Saturday’s Love Ulster parade.

It was reported over the weekend that Mr Costello had called on the minister to step down in the wake of the violence.

Labour leader Pat Rabbitte told RTÉ he disagreed with Mr Costello’s position, in what was seen as a public dressing-down of his justice spokesman.