Shatter and gardaí fail to detect the truth

HOW can two esteemed state bodies reach radically different conclusions in investigating the same scandal? How can two government ministers have radically different positions on the results of an investigation into the scandal?

The penalty points controversy hasn’t gone away, you know.

This week’s publication of the Comptroller & Auditor General’s report into the fixed change notice system of penalty points raises serious issues of credibility for both the gardaí and Justice Minister Alan Shatter.