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Thu 10 Oct 2008Sparks fly as tribunal debate leads to claims of 'slurry pit of allegations'
WEXFORD LABOUR TD Brendan Howlin claimed he was the victim of character assassination by the Government during a heated debate on the Morris tribunal.
Mr Howlin was responding to comments made by Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern and Niall Collins (Fianna Fáil, Limerick West) relating to himself and Fine Gael MEP Jim Higgins, who had brought allegations of alleged Garda misconduct in Donegal to the attention of the then minister for justice, John O’Donoghue.
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