The Fianna Fáil politician also criticised what he termed "lazy policing" for suggesting that the government "could suddenly find a pile of money for extra speed vans".

'If we want more people in politics; more diversity, more young people, more women, we can't have the fear of violence as a barrier to that'

There was frustration within the Department of Health over plans to close the Maternity Led Unit at Cavan General Hospital. Documents released under the Freedom