Shatter: No file because I broke no law

Justice Minister Alan Shatter insisted there was no “disappeared” Garda report on the incident in which he was stopped at a drink-driving checkpoint because there was “no wrongdoing and the law was not broken”.

Defending his record in a Dáil motion of no confidence in him, Mr Shatter dismissed the “political circus” over the past two weeks and said he and his Government had “achieved so much” since taking office.

“The extent to which this matter grew legs and has been the subject of media comment and analysis has been extraordinary,” he said.