Shatter must answer questions over Dáil omissions

Three omissions from the minister’s Dáil speech raise serious questions, writes Deputy Political Editor Mary Regan

“I was told the story that I told the Dáil.”

Alan Shatter’s latest attempt to end the controversy over surveillance at the garda watchdog is based on his claim that the information he gave to the Dáil on Tuesday was the same as what he was told by the Ombudsman the day before.