Fianna Fáil accuses duo of being caught up in ‘web of spin’

Fianna Fáil has called on Justice Minister Alan Shatter to resign, accusing both him and Enda Kenny of being so caught up in their own spin they were “beginning to meet themselves on the way back”.

Responding to Mr Shatter’s statement to the Dáil that he was only made aware on Monday of the wide-scale Garda system of taping phone calls made in and out of Garda stations — the party’s justice spokes-man, Niall Collins, said yesterday that the justice minister’s version of events was not credible and that he was “completely unfit” for the office he holds.

“It is quite clear that the public has settled on one issue, that the minister is not the man to oversee the administration of justice in this country.