For some, this whole process has been emotionally satisfying: There is a hunger, in some quarters, to see somebody, at long last, stand up to the Irish establishment and fight.
‘I won my case’
Equity for equity
The courts in this country are supposed to make decisions based on the facts of the arguments presented to them – not the manner in which those arguments are made, or the facts in separate cases
“Natural Justice”
Everything else is a secondary consequence of the original silly decision.
Seizure of assets
Open-ended release
“dangerous precedent”
Pour encourager les autres.
theoretical life sentence
The system, in other words, is practically issuing you with an invitation to defy it, and make it impossible to enforce the law against you.