Alan Shatter: I lost my Dáil seat on Guerin report

Former justice minister Alan Shatter says critical findings against him in the Guerin report cost him his seat as a TD and that he was abused and spat at after the inquiry.

While Mr Shatter said it was “perfectly right” that garda whistleblower Sgt Maurice McCabe raised concerns about the force — which prompted the Guerin probe — the former TD also said some of these were “unfounded” and had “wrought havoc in the lives of a number of people”.

Mr Shatter was speaking following the publication this week of the O’Higgins report, which investigated allegations of malpractice and corruption in the force following the preliminary Guerin inquiry.