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.”
Forgive me for saying this, but personally, I’d rather live in a country with a small bit of corruption, and competently delivered public services, rather than the other way around.
Say what you want about the Minister for Public Expenditure, but Liam Lawlor or Ray Burke, he ain’t.
Ben Scallan speaks to Pieter Cleppe of the Brussles Report about the alleged EU corruption scandal with Qatar, energy independence, and nuclear fusion. Pieter Cleppe’s website: https://www.brusselsreport.eu/