Shatter wants court to quash ‘damaging’ parts of Guerin report

Former justice minister Alan Shatter has asked the Court of Appeal to make orders quashing “enormously damaging” parts of the Guerin report criticising his handling of complaints made by Garda whistleblower Sgt Maurice McCabe.

He also wants any such amended report to be handed to Taoiseach Enda Kenny.

The three-judge court will rule at a later date on exactly what reliefs Mr Shatter is entitled to following the court’s judgment last week that barrister Sean Guerin adopted a defective procedure in compiling his May 2014 report which breached Mr Shatter’s rights to natural justice and fair procedures.