Shatter launches counter-attack in whistleblower furore

Under-fire Justice Minister Alan Shatter has tonight launched a broadside on one of the Garda whistleblowers at the centre of a raft of controversies beleaguering the force.
In a bullish counter-attack to stinging criticism of his role in the crisis, Mr Shatter also refused to distance himself from Garda chief Martin Callinan’s depiction of the whistleblowers as “disgusting”.