After 6 reports, 2 resignations and 1 apology … Shatter finally quits

A damning report showing a failure by the Department of Justice to adequately deal with allegations of malpractice, corruption and falsification of records within the gardaí forced the sudden resignation of Alan Shatter as minister for justice.

The 300-page report by senior counsel, Sean Guerin, to be published tomorrow, will recommend a wide scale statutory inquiry into the allegations first presented by garda whistleblower, Sergeant Maurice McCabe, in 2012.

The report was ordered in February following claims that a dossier of files outlining allegations of malpractice in the force was in the possession of the Department of Justice for two years without being dealt with.