it turns out that “I will not relent” actually means, in Mr. Cosgrave’s case, “I will relent as soon as my financial interests are at stake”.
A cynic might suggest Cosgrave’s opinions can be swayed and changed based on his bottom line. But given his long record of suggesting that Irish politicians have been bought and sold by special interests, surely that would not be the case here.
“The complaint was not of sufficient gravity to warrant investigation.”
It’s an unusual thing, at the best of times, to find oneself being denounced as some sort of racist crypto-paedophile. It’s more unusual still, when you find out about it while in the middle the kitchen aisle at Super Valu, trying to decipher your wife’s shopping list. (Since when is “extra strong tin foil” a […]
Paddy Cosgrave, pictured above, is the founder and CEO of the Web Summit, which was a staple event of the Irish calendar for a period in the 2010’s, until an infamous dispute about WIFI coverage in the RDS forced Paddy and guests to decamp to Portugal to hold the annual event. Back then, Paddy Cosgrave […]
One of the more inspiring things about moments like the present national crisis is watching the way people from all parts of society are willing to work together to solve big problems. For example, in the past few days, doctors and nurses across the country have been making it known that the biggest problem they […]