Analysis: Challenging the word of the law - Cowen affair likely to have wider consequences

Barry Cowen’s bid to ‘set the record straight’ has ramifications for others who may wish to rectify what they see as inaccurate information about them on the Pulse system, writes Security Correspondent Cormac O’Keeffe

Barry Cowen arrives for a Cabinet meeting at Dublin Castle as agriculture minister prior to his sacking by Micheál Martin this week, the Taoiseach having initially seemed to offer support to his minister.  Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire

There have been plenty of twists and turns in the Cowen Pulse affair - but the ride is not over yet.

We’ve had a minister openly disputing an official Garda record about him, apparent details of which were published on the front page of the Sunday Times last week.