12.21.06
Moriarty
As damning as his report is, why, even though it was established by the Oireachtas, did they issue their first report in 9 years when the Dail is not in session and just a few days before Christmas?
Also, this line of Bertie’s about HIM changing the law is annoying. SOME people never need a law to behave morally or ethically. Why should we elect people who need a law to make them behave with honour?
Finally, as some people have said, nothing has changed. If the people were truly offended by CJ taking money, then they would have been equally offended by Bertie taking money. But they weren’t.
FERGUS O'ROURKE said,
December 21, 2006 at 11:43 am
Yes, and why do we have to put up with temperatures of less than, say, 10 centigrade ?
FERGUS O'ROURKE said,
December 21, 2006 at 11:45 am
Or, come to that, with computers that cannot get the time right ?
Etc, etc
Will this all end if Geraghty is elected ?
John of Dublin said,
December 21, 2006 at 1:03 pm
CJs sins were on a different planet to Bertie’s.
Sarah said,
December 21, 2006 at 1:19 pm
Hi Fergus, I suppose this quote from your site refutes my point. (irish-lawyer.com) I kinda like it
“One of the “founding fathers” of the United States, John Adams, is credited with the pithy expression of a fundamental value of Western civilisation viz.[We shall have]“a government of laws, not men”.
This declaration of principle is not a power-grab by lawyers. It is an affirmation that our rulers exercise power over us not entirely as they wish – to do that is tyranny – but rather subject to limits set by law.”
Gordon DAVIES said,
December 21, 2006 at 2:32 pm
As the Irish Times points out – FF’s rules were changed by Albert Reynolds when he took over. The law wa changed much later when CJ’s misappropriation was public knowledge and no Government could have done other than introduce new controls. Too little, too late – FF policy in all matters to do with white collar crime.
Should we not remember that Batholemew Patrick Ahern’s initial career was not (despite his unsurpassed skills at sweeping dirt under the carpet) as a cleaner but an accountant. Surely the most incompetent member of this noble profession would have qualms about a fund being managed in which there was effectively no control whatsoever of expenditure. Did Ahern, as Chief Whip, of a major political party think it was beneath his dignity to ask Eileen Foy for the cheque stubs and bank statements. Or was he, as I suspect, a willing accomplice in the misappropriation of public funds. Did he, in some way – like keeping his job, or worse (that 50 grand that he so mysteriously saved) – benefit from his complicity.
Gordon DAVIES
Sarah said,
December 21, 2006 at 2:52 pm
totally.
Gavin said,
December 21, 2006 at 8:53 pm
And why was it released on the same day Ahern was wining and dining political correspondents at Farmleigh?