Oligarchs on march, says McDowell

Fine Gael and Labour will get what they deserve if they do not unite to challenge the “culture of impunity” fostered by oligarchs, Michael McDowell has said.

The former tánaiste and attorney general said oligarchs were “on the march” in this country and they had “some allies… in high places”.

He said certain office holders had been happy to pose for pictures with those “who subjected the Moriarty Tribunal to a sustained campaign of vilification and abuse”.