McDowell defends wife's remarks

JUSTICE MINISTER Michael McDowell yesterday accused sections of the media of twisting comments made by his wife on the gardaí and he insisted she trusted them.

Last week, Niamh Brennan said she would not report an attack to the gardaí after an assault on her son, Hugh, was leaked to a tabloid newspaper.

However, at yesterday's National Ploughing Championships at Ballinabrackey, Co Meath, the minister said his wife spoke for herself and as a mother protecting her child. She was entitled to do that.