In the cynical and venal abuse of office, the brazen refusal to acknowledge the impropriety of his financial arrangements with Mr Denis O'Brien and Mr Ben Dunne, Mr Lowry has cast a further shadow over this country's public life. – Moriarty tribunal report
What was contemplated and attempted on the part of Mr Lowry and Mr Dunne was profoundly corrupt, to a degree that was nothing short of breathtaking.
– Moriarty tribunal report
Factually wrong and deliberately misleading.
– Michael Lowry’s response
Absolutely! From the very first.
– Denis O’Brien’s response to being asked if he believed Mr Justice Moriarty had “stitched him up”
The most lengthy and expensive comic ever produced.
– Businessman Dermot Desmond, an associate of Mr O’Brien’s in the Esat mobile licence bid, dismisses the report
Any TD who is the subject of the kind of criticism that Mr Lowry has been subject to . . . should consider resigning.
– Eamon Gilmore
I have never received any money from Denis O’Brien and I have never received any money from anybody on his behalf.
– Lowry hit back, saying he will not resign