Bruton blasts minister’s ‘bluster’

BOMBAST and bluster form Justice Minister Michael McDowell’s response when facts and figures don’t suit him, Fine Gael deputy leader Richard Bruton said last night.

Mr Bruton was responding to what he labelled a “hysterical, preening and personalised attack” by Mr McDowell in the row over Garda manpower.

“The Minister for Justice does not like it when the facts don’t support his inflated perception of himself,” Mr Bruton said.