Michael McDowell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

In any event, I am strongly of the view that this is a misguided idea. I appeal to the members of the Fine Gael Party to do what another senior journalist, Stephen Collins, advised them to do in an article he wrote on 29 June 2017 in this respect. In an article "Fine Gael risks core values by appeasing Shane Ross", Mr. Collins stated, "Fine Gael has stumbled into a dangerous confrontation with the Judiciary that threatens to do serious damage to the image of a party that has always prided itself on standing by the institutions of the State." I will not quote at length from his article-----