Madam, - It really is time for the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to put up or shut up.
He cannot be allowed to get away with smearing gardaí and journalists by saying that he "knows what he knows" and therefore does not have to produce evidence to back up his claims of bribery and corruption.
Come along, Mr McDowell. Show us the evidence. Name names, give us the dates, the times, the incidents - not by way of leak, of course, but through due process. No Tribunal is necessary. Criminal prosecution will suffice.
If you do not have evidence, then withdraw your charges. It really is that simple. So simple that even a lawyer should understand. - Yours, etc.,
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SÉAMUS DOOLEY, Irish Secretary, NUJ, Liberty Hall, Dublin 1.