Ireland remained an enthusiastic ally
The Irish State is very bad at infrastructure
Suspected of involvement in criminal group
If this were simply a one-off, one might regard it as simply an unusual, if concerning development, and move on. But it is not a one-off.
As the wheels came off corporate RTÉ in the last few weeks, one of the more interesting narratives to emerge was that of the wounded and betrayed RTÉ journalist.
To modify an old saying: Just because they’re out to get you doesn’t mean you didn’t do anything wrong.
“And that, I fear, is the problem with democracy. It’s only as good as its voters.”
If this is corruption, it is a funny kind of corruption indeed.
In Britain, they just give exalted civil servants Knighthoods. It might be a better system, and a cheaper one, than this nonsense.
Suspected “cash for laws.”
Like almost every Irish politician since time began, he sees his job as to defend the state against you, and not to defend you, against the state.
“This is a man who is destroyed.”