There are times in public life when the people running the country have to hold those below them to account.
“Vicar Street has earned a reputation for professionalism and for contributing to Dublin’s cultural life. That reputation is at stake.”
This is the thing about our political class, and it explains a lot of the problems in the country: If it does not affect them personally, they do not care.
And perhaps the involvement of successful businesspeople can make the state more efficient.
There is nobody credible in Ireland who believes that Eoin Hayes is a racist, yet here he is, apologising for alleged racism.
Zero room for error.
“Feeling utterly shocked and vulnerable, I sought clarification, asking her what she meant by her statements.”
The selective blind eye.
That is how the Irish media works.
The Taoiseach cannot muster an argument against the phrase. That’s why he has resorted to the whinger’s tactic of pretending that it is illegitimate.
This is the funny thing about Irish neutrality: We see ourselves as neutral, but hardly anybody else does.
They think they can rehabilitate criminals. They also think they can rehabilitate you.