Shatter remains tight-lipped about possible Lowry meeting

Justice Minister Alan Shatter has refused to say if he met disgraced TD Michael Lowry following the Moriarty Report and said that he will not say anything that could prejudice any Garda probe.

The Fine Gael minister was responding to media queries on whether he had held a meeting with Mr Lowry, against whom the tribunal concluded damning findings.

Three ministers have so far admitted meeting Mr Lowry since the report’s findings last year, including Phil Hogan, the environment minister, who met the Tipperary North TD just six days after the inquiry’s release.