Angela Kerins said that she had been subjected to a witch hunt COLLINS COURTS/COLLINS PHOTO AGENCYThe ceann comhairle has said he found it “chilling” that an Oireachtas committee had “trampled on the rights” of Angela Kerins. Mr Ó Fearghaíl vowed that steps would be taken to ensure what happened to Ms Kerins “will not happen again”. The Supreme Court found two weeks ago that Ms Kerins’ treatment by the public accounts committee had been unlawful. The court said that the Dáil spending watchdog had conducted a meeting in a way that was “significantly outside” its terms of reference. Ms Kerins sued the…

Source: The Times June 09, 2019 23:07 UTC