Labour appeased for now as Shatter says sorry

Justice Minister Alan Shatter appears to have survived another crisis after an apology to two gardaí who blew the whistle on penalty point cancellations eased concerns of his Labour Party coalition colleagues.

But tensions still remain between the Coalition partners over the Department of Justice’s handling of information about the monitoring of telephone calls in and out of Garda stations.

Labour also has concerns about events leading up to the dramatic resignation of Martin Callinan from the position of Garda commissioner on Tuesday morning.