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Lowry to face censure motion today over Moriarty tribunal findings

By Hugh O'Connell
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31/03/11 419 Views 2 Comments

A CENSURE MOTION against Independent TD Michael Lowry will be adopted without debate in the Dáil this morning.

The motion will call on Lowry to resign voluntarily following the publication of the Moriarty report which found that the former communications minister influenced the decision to award Ireland’s second mobile phone licence to Denis O’Brien’s Esat Digifone.

The move comes following a meeting of party whips last night in which all four major parties agreed to back the motion which had been proposed by Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil.

It will be passed either unanimously or, if Lowry and enough other TDs call a division, it will be passed by an overwhelming majority.

Lowry himself has rejected the findings of Judge Moriarty following a 14-year tribunal.

He said that in time the findings would be exposed as  a scandal of “truly epic proportions,” RTÉ reports.

He has so far refused calls for him to resign.

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  • Raynond Cahill 31/03/11 Report this comment

    This whole process stinks of hypocrisy by all the TDs .
    But the one TD who really stunned me is Mick Wallace.
    He was on Vincent Browne last nite,he was asked if he
    read the report he said NO.”but i read your column Vincent
    and you say he guilty so thats good enough for me”I could
    not believe it.The one man who has defended the downtroden
    of this planet,A man with strong PRINCIPLES .When Vinny B
    said you could be wrong he answered “We are not trying him for
    murder so its not a big deal”.Mick it is a big deal if your Lowry.
    Now I think that Lowry is Dirty, but when very TD who was asked
    the question did you read the REPORT they ALL said NO.Most
    read the summary,But Moriarty himself repeats time & time in
    the summary that the complete report must be read.We live in
    a Democracy and the least our TDs should have done is put this
    Debate back 2/3 weeks read the report and then censure Lowry.
    Its not about if he is or is not guilty its about Due and Fair Process.
    Mick you took the job for change,the first time you had that chance
    you failed yourself and the people of Wexford.

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