tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524702757941791247.post442584029211360647..comments2024-02-23T10:16:24.649+00:00Comments on Irish Salem: The Sergeant and The Secretary-General: Can We Trust Our Civil Servants?Kilbarry1http://www.blogger.com/profile/16315245582069674422noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524702757941791247.post-47260901458924242642017-12-09T22:43:51.560+00:002017-12-09T22:43:51.560+00:00Yes former Taoiseach Enda Kenny was probably an in...Yes former Taoiseach Enda Kenny was probably an indirect victim of this hysteria. An article in the Irish Independent on 29 November headed "Garda Controversies: The Casualties" has photos and mini summaries of SEVEN "casualties" and they include Enda Kenny. The comment on our former Prime Minister reads:<br /> <i>Mr Kenny's departure as Taoiseach earlier this year was accelerated over his handling of revelations in February that false allegations of child abuse were made against Garda whistleblower Sergeant Maurice McCabe."</i>Kilbarry1https://www.blogger.com/profile/16315245582069674422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524702757941791247.post-90178278333089996212017-12-09T21:11:24.339+00:002017-12-09T21:11:24.339+00:00Just to be careful I'll amend 'was suppose...Just to be careful I'll amend 'was supposed to have' to 'I seem to remember it was claimed he had'! I notice that one of two posters there want to believe allegations, the more far-fetched the better.Sean Colemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07771106855633991406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524702757941791247.post-44244579338900472432017-12-09T21:06:51.426+00:002017-12-09T21:06:51.426+00:00Also, wasn't Kenny another casualty as he was ...Also, wasn't Kenny another casualty as he was supposed to have withheld information or misled people about something or other which became the occasion of his retirement as Taoiseach?Sean Colemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07771106855633991406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524702757941791247.post-12987791956746660062017-12-09T21:03:14.253+00:002017-12-09T21:03:14.253+00:00I just read through the thread on politics.ie and ...I just read through the thread on politics.ie and it is interesting. I had tried to get a handle on it when the story blew up in the summer but I don't read the papers much and gave up trying to work out what was happening. I understand Flanagan is behind the really foolish proposals to allow illegal immigrants (asylum seekers) to work and for that alone I would be eager to see him go.Sean Colemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07771106855633991406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524702757941791247.post-11900488304218019972017-12-08T09:21:41.014+00:002017-12-08T09:21:41.014+00:00I contributed to a discussion on the website polit...I contributed to a discussion on the website politics.ie entitled "Charlie Flanagan Next". In reply to my query: <b>How is it possible for anyone to mistakenly accuse FIVE superior officers - and some colleagues - of corruption?</b> a poster with the pen-name Talkingshop wrote the following: <br />http://www.politics.ie/forum/justice/260715-charlie-flanagan-next-8.html<br /><i>"I would say the whole thing is a mix - he [McCabe] developed a personal grievance against certain superior officers, and wanted to get back at them. He also genuinely was a bit of stickler for the rules, and didn't like the way some things were being done, and found some practices sloppy (correctly I would say). So he had dual motives - personal issues first, but he also genuinely thought it was good to bring the instances of poor practice to a higher level. His original complaints were reacted to in the Guards by a high level investigation - the O'Byrne-McGinn investigation, which found 11, I think, of his issues substantiated (I don't know how many issues he raised).<br /><br />"But he couldn't stop there, he then started complaining that O'Byrne-McGinn weren't objective - he got a review of their investigation at a higher level - wasn't satisfied with that either. Then he started on confidential recipients, GSOC, Minister for Justice, politicians - and probably at this point he started raising his allegations to "corruption" - to get them treated more seriously -even though it all started about a bullying complaint."</i>Kilbarry1https://www.blogger.com/profile/16315245582069674422noreply@blogger.com