Justice needs ‘new energy’ after 14 years under Fine Gael, says Jim O’Callaghan

The justice ministry needs “new energy” after 14 years with a Fine Gael minister at its helm, Jim O’Callaghan has said.

The Fianna Fáil justice spokesman said that there was a “question mark” over whether Fine Gael was the party of law and order.

The two coalition parties have been publicly criticising each other’s policies since the General Election campaign began, prompting public rows over their policy proposals.

Fine Gael Justice Minister Helen McEntee hit back when asked about Mr O’Callaghan’s suggestion that she had adopted a series of proposals on law and order and immigration that he had put forward.

“I think there’s probably women all over the country who will understand what it’s like when men try to claim credit for their work,” she told reporters in Dublin on Friday.

Speaking at the nearby launch of Fianna Fáil’s proposals to clamp down on crime, Mr O’Callaghan said that the Justice Department needed “a new energy” – which has been a…

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