DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's justice minister Alan Shatter resigned on Wednesday after an inquiry into allegations made by a police whistleblower criticised him and his department, in a blow to Prime Minister Enda Kenny weeks before local and European elections.
Shatter, the first senior member of Kenny's cabinet to resign in three years in power, stepped down after a report into how the Irish police treated whistleblower Maurice McCabe, who had alleged widespread misconduct in the force.
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