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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.

Alan Shatter: will be pressed to give full details of breath test incident. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien
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Minister for Justice Alan Shatter. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien
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Deputy Mick Wallace at Leinster House yesterday. “Most came to the realisation that the the political row surrounding Shatter was petering out.” Photograph: Cyril Byrne
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Deputy Mick Wallace at Leinster House yesterday. He said Mr Shatter had “tried to ridicule us, skew the debate, misrepresent us and show a level of disrespect to us as elected representatives.” Photograph: Cyril Byrne
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Minister for Justice Alan Shatter at at Citizenship Ceremony in Dublin yesterday. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien / The Irish Times
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