Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan has described comments about ‘political policing’ made by his cabinet colleague Finian McGrath as “bewildering and bizarre” and “unwise even dangerous”. Allegations of ‘political policing unwise even dangerous,” Mr Flanagan said in a post on Twitter. Mr McGrath told the newspaper that “a police force - like teachers, nurses - guards should always be non-political”. That’s where the focus should be, so I don’t know what agenda is going on there,” the newspaper reported Mr McGrath as saying. Minister of State for Natural Resources, Community Affairs and Digital Development Seán Canney said in January that “Joe Public is feeling persecuted.

Source: The Irish Times March 31, 2019 10:41 UTC