The minister for justice says he was "astonished" at Oliver Connolly's comments to a Garda whistleblower.
Alan Shatter's told the Dáil that he doesn't know "what Oliver Connolly was thinking" when he told a whistleblower that the minister would 'go after him'.
He's defending his decision to sack Oliver Connolly last week.
The minister says he was stunned at Mr Connolly's comments to whistleblower Maurice McCabe, which emerged last week:
