Niall Collins (Limerick West, Fianna Fail)

It is important that those extracts from the Morris tribunal are put on the record. The direct action of two Members of the House, Deputy Brendan Howlin and former Deputy Jim Higgins, gave rise to the most grievous, unwarranted and untruthful allegations about the character of two of Ireland's most senior police officers. This was character assassination at its worst.

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