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JUSTICE MINISTER The Fianna Fáil leader's hit out at the government for holding back on de...
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08.52 8 May 2014


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08.52 8 May 2014


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JUSTICE MINISTER

The Fianna Fáil leader's hit out at the government for holding back on details behind the resignation of Alan Shatter.

The Justice Minister stepped down yesterday after the Taoiseach received the Guerin report on the handling of Garda whistleblower allegations.

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Micheal Martin says that they'll be debating the appointment of Mr Shatter's replacement in the Dáil today 'in a vacuum', because the full circumstances haven't been released.

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GERRY ADAMS

Gerry Adams has made a formal complaint to the PSNI about aspects of his interrogation.

The Sinn Féin president was detained last week and questioned for four days about the abduction and murder of Jean McConville in 1972.

He's continually denied allegations that he ordered the killing of the west Belfast mother-of-10.

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TAXI HIJACK

Two men have been arrested after a taxi was stolen in Dublin early this morning.

A taxi driver picked up two men in Castleknock at around two twenty and drove them to Laurel Lodge Road where the he was threatened and ordered out of the cab before it was stolen.

An hour later, the taxi was stopped by Gardaí on the Howth Road and two men were arrested - and a knife was also recovered.

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WEATHER

After a cloudy start with some outbreaks of rain, drier weather will develop from the southwest during the morning.

The north of the country is likely to stay dull until evening with further rain at times.

Top temperatures of 15 to 18 degrees


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