Harry McGee

Harry McGee

Political Correspondent

Harry McGee is political correspondent with The Irish Times, which he joined in 2008. He previously worked with the Irish Examiner, Sunday Tribune, RTE, Magill (where he was editor) and The Connacht Tribune. He is a frequent contributor on politics to current affairs and news programmes and has been blogging on politics since 2006. From an Irish-speaking household in Galway, he studied languages and law in NUIG, and also is a barrister. His interests outside politics are family, mountaineering, running, GAA and the Irish language.

Minister for Justice Alan Shatter takes questions from the media on the Wallace controversy outside a citizenship ceremony in the Convention Centre in Dublin. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times
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Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan and Minister for Justice Alan Shatter at a memorial service for gardaí killed in the line of duty at Dublin Castle on Saturday. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA
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Minister for Justice Alan Shatter’s remark about Independent TD Mick Wallace “has had a political impact far beyond its seemingly throwaway nature. It has raised serious issue surrounding ministerial power, rights and responsibilities.” Photograph: Bryan O’Brien
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Minister for Justice Alan Shatter: “I don’t think there has ever been such a comprehensive inquiry conducted so rapidly into such an issue.” Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire
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Luke Ming Flanagan was one of the people who had “made something of a circus” in relation to whistleblowers’ allegations about quashed penalty points, said Minister for Justice Alan Shatter. Photograph: Frank Miller
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