Shatter: Garda bugging allegation 'baseless'

Justice Minister Alan Shatter has dismissed as completely baseless innuendo any suggestion that the Garda was behind the alleged bugging of the force’s official watchdog.

Shatter: Garda bugging allegation 'baseless'
Tue, 11 Feb, 2014 - 18:48

Justice Minister Alan Shatter has dismissed as completely baseless innuendo any suggestion that the Garda was behind the alleged bugging of the force’s official watchdog.

In a statement to the Dáil, Mr Shatter rejected claims that the Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) headquarters in central Dublin had been under covert high-tech surveillance.

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