Alan Shatter
Alan Shatter is the current Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence, and a Fine Gael TD for the Dublin South Constituency. Shatter was first elected to Dail Eireann in '81 and kept his seat until 2002, he was re-elected in 2011.
# alan-shatter - Today’s News
The 9 at 9: Friday
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# alan-shatter - Yesterday’s News
Shatter: ‘I was breathalysed, but hadn’t done anything wrong’
Alan Shatter has offered an explanation of the incident referred to by Mattie McGrath in the Dáil earlier today.
# alan-shatter - Wednesday 22 May, 2013
Power to shut down phone networks is ‘proportionate’ – watchdog
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties says shutting down mobile phone networks is a fair power to deal with terrorist threats.
Greater protections for whistleblowers after penalty points furore
Eamon Gilmore said that legislation is currently being drawn up which will be put before government shortly.
Alan Shatter: Minister for Sex
The follow up to “Laura”?
Communications between Callinan and Shatter are ‘of a confidential nature’
Yesterday evening the justice minister said it was the Garda Commmissioner who informed him that Mick Wallace benefited from garda discretion.
The 9 at 9: Wednesday
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# alan-shatter - Tuesday 21 May, 2013
Commissioner told Shatter about Mick Wallace’s encounter with GardaÃ
Opposition TDs have demanded to know how an unrecorded incident came to be known by the country’s top Garda.
Shatter: I made comments ‘to defend the integrity of An Garda SÃochána’
Here’s the full text of Alan Shatter’s Dáil explanation.
Should Alan Shatter resign over points furore? ‘No,’ insists the Taoiseach
Enda Kenny offers a loyal defence of Alan Shatter, as opposition TDs continue to call for the justice minister’s head.
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Shatter to face questions in Dáil over Wallace row
The minister will make a statement this evening and will then open himself up to questions from the opposition.
# alan-shatter - Monday 20 May, 2013
Wallace lodges complaint with data protection chief over Shatter remarks
The Wexford TD believes Shatter’s revealing of an encounter with Gardaà is an improper disclosure of sensitive records.
Insolvent borrowers ‘will be named and shamed’ online in new system
Fianna Fáil says the public register of people in insolvency procedures could shame people away from participating.
Shatter: ‘If Wallace is guilty of anything, it’s hypocrisy’
The Minister made his first public comment today in the ongoing row over Deputy Mick Wallace and discretion used when he drove while using a mobile phone.
Wallace admits gardaà used discretion when caught on phone while driving
The Wexford TD called for an investigation into how the justice minister found out the information.
The 9 at 9: Monday
Good morning! Here are the nine things you need to know as you kick off your Monday.
Taoiseach backs Shatter in penalty points row with Wallace
The Wexford TD will lodge a complaint to the Standards in Public Office Commission today over comments made by the justice minister.
# alan-shatter - Sunday 19 May, 2013
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FG ministers back Shatter in penalty points comments row
Both Richard Bruton and Brian Hayes say Shatter’s comments added context to complaints about the penalty points inquiry.
Courts to hold extra September sittings to work through backlog
The Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeal will join the High Court in holding extra sittings to clear a backlog.
# alan-shatter - Saturday 18 May, 2013
Pics: Wives of murdered gardaà embrace at Garda Memorial Day
Widow of murdered Garda Adrian Donohoe, Caroline and widow of murdered Garda Jerry McCabe, Ann meet at the ceremony in Dublin Castle.
Only losers take the bus, right Leo?: The week’s news skewed
Breaking via The Mire wire: The Gathering at the Dáil; Cabinet clones; Alan Shatter knows what you did last summer.
# alan-shatter - Friday 17 May, 2013
Shatter rubbishes Wallace and upholds view he had penalty points quashed
Shatter said that Wallace was “making a pretence, for political purposes”.
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Wallace to lodge complaint against Shatter over penalty points allegation
The Wexford TD says the allegations made by Alan Shatter on live TV about an alleged motoring offence are unsubstantiated.
Abortion protesters gather outside Justice Minister’s home
Between 20–25 protesters gathered outside the Justice Minister’s home this morning to protest against abortion.
# alan-shatter - Wednesday 15 May, 2013
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Video: Shatter says TDs playing ‘silly political games’ over penalty points
The Minister for Justice also spoke about why he is backing a law which could see mobile phone networks shut down during the G8 summit.
Shatter versus Ming: Justice Minister takes aim at ‘self-serving’ TD
The Minister for Justice says Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan cancelled a meeting with Gardaà who were investigating the cancellation of his penalty points.
Names to be redacted in garda report on quashed penalty points
The report is to be published by the Minister for Justice later today.
# alan-shatter - Sunday 12 May, 2013
Shatter says Syrian war is making Lebanon ‘increasingly unstable’
The Minister for Defence also revealed that the UN has requested that Irish observers be sent to Syria.
# alan-shatter - Saturday 11 May, 2013
Shatter offers olive branch to lawyers over appointment of new regulators
The Minister for Justice says he will allow other bodies to nominate members of the new legal services regulator.
# alan-shatter - Friday 10 May, 2013
‘Self service’ border control gates on trial at Dublin Airport
Minister for Defence Alan Shatter said that the e-gates would provide a “more secure and efficient means for clearing passengers”.
# alan-shatter - Tuesday 7 May, 2013
Shatter says State failed to acknowledge ‘courage and sacrifice’ of World War II veterans
The Minister for Justice said that the Irish who fought with the Allies during WWII had “fought against Nazi tyranny”.
Personal Insolvency service will be available to gardaÃ
The Minister for Defence Alan Shatter said that there was nothing in the Garda Code, the Discipline Regulations or the Personal Insolvency Act 2012 which would prevent gardaà from availing of the service.
The 5 at 5: Tuesday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
Alan Shatter and The Supremes: New judges to deal with courts backlog
The government has approved the appointment of two extra judges to the Supreme Court to deal with the current backlogs, some as long as four years.
# alan-shatter - Sunday 5 May, 2013
The 9 at 9: Sunday
Good morning! Here are the nine things you need to know as you kick off your Sunday morning.
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As a row between Alan Shatter and Mick Wallace rumbles on, we ask was the Minister’s use of information appropriate?
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