It's emerged that Alan Shatter wrote to the Dail's Ceann Comhairle – trying to stop a Commission of Investigation from look into his handling of alleged Garda malpractice.
A letter from Deputy Shatter's legal firm, seen by the Irish Times, told the Ceann Comhairle that the inquiry being set up to follow the Guerin report could threaten his own legal action against the findings of that report.
The commission of investigation is looking into the way in which Maurice McCabe's allegations of Garda malpractice in the Cavan-Monaghan region were handled by various authorities.
But the letter reveals that Alan Shatter wanted to get its terms of reference changed – so that it would not be investigating his own response to those allegations.
Instead he suggested an alternative terms of reference which would not directly look into his own actions at the time.
The letter reportedly stressed that this was because of legal concerns – and could compromise his own legal challenge. In the end, his bid was unsuccessful.
But the news that Alan Shatter didn't want his own actions looked into, on the matter that forced him to resign, is likely to raise further eyebrows.
