Trampling on a citizen’s rights

DEMOCRACY and a legal right to due process under the courts has been trampled recently. Ironically, it was done by the Minister for Justice, Michael McDowell, who is meant to be the guardian of legal justice for all in Ireland.

It was facilitated with the cosy co-operation of a newspaper whose editorial freedom has been highly questionable and whose views are particularly favourable to certain vested interests, mainly those residing in the higher economic echelons of Irish society.

This senior Government minister has leaked unproven allegations against a former Irish journalist and citizen without any legal due process.