Daly hits out at Shatter’s ‘brazen, bare-faced denial’

Independent TD Clare Daly has accused Justice Minister Alan Shatter of either not realising how serious the Garda tapes scandal is, or of covering it up.

Daly hits out at Shatter’s ‘brazen,  bare-faced denial’

In a withering attack on Mr Shatter, Ms Daly said it was “not credible” that the justice minister was only made aware on Monday of a widespread system of recording of phone calls in and out of Garda stations going back decades.

The independent TD said the issue was not just about the “fitting up” of two citizens by members of An Garda Síochána but the minister’s explanation that he was not aware of the tapes until early this week.

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