Zzippy wrote: » My experience in the public sector (non senior management level TF) is that senior management are terrified of being called before Dail committees. Particularly the PAC. But in terms of inquiry into wrongdoing like the above, yes, pointless.
prawnsambo wrote: » Yeah. Dail committees are just grandstanding exercises. They've become pointless.
CatFromHue wrote: » IIRC that vote in 2011 allowed commitees to come to a conclusion of fact, or something very close to it. I just can't trust politicians to do that and that's not incl the far left and Shinners.
thomond2006 wrote: » Tribunals as they are are a complete waste of taxpayers' money. Discuss.
Zzippy wrote: » Does that mean it's not sworn testimony? Or does a tribunal have lesser standing than a court and you can lie under oath without fear of sanction?
prawnsambo wrote: » It's not a court case, so no.
Zzippy wrote: » Can Martin Callinan be charged with perjury, or would it just be a finding against him in the tribunal report?
sydthebeat wrote: » huge that John McGuinness will give evidence corroborating McCabe assertions that Callinane told McGuiness that McCabe abused his children !!!
irishbucsfan wrote: » Jaysus sorry to hear that, will insurance cover it?
Neil3030 wrote: » Is anyone else getting the Cloudfare "I am not a robot" thing all the time these days?
Deleted User wrote: » Some of the accusations he's made paint the Gardai at super villain levels of evil. It's almost cartoonish and on the face of it I can't help but believe there is embellishment. That said, there is evidence to support a lot of it and the Gardai have blatantly destroyed evidence and pushed serious allegations against him so who knows. The entire episode with an alleged victim and her mother (daughter and wife of a fellow Garda) following him around and getting a caution from the local Gardai is like something out of a Paul Thomas Anderson movie. I'm certainly not doubtful of everything he is saying and my doubt of some of the things he is saying stems from the accusations being completely off the wall. Potentially true, but utter madness on the part of senior Gardai. The whole thing makes the Wire seem savoury. I've a few relatives who are in the Gardai and they think the treatment of McCabe is shameful but also think that some of the stuff is inaccurate and a bit off the wall. I very much hope the next Garda Commissioner is recruited from outside the Gardai.
Deleted User wrote: » I very much hope the next Garda Commissioner is recruited from outside the Gardai.
Zzippy wrote: » Which accusations are bizarre? Are you saying they are not believable i.e. he's lying, or they are so bizarre it's just hard to believe they actually happened? Going on Callinan's behaviour, words and actions in the whole affair, I know who I find more believable.
prawnsambo wrote: » You may not be moving in the right circles. I can't blame you for being doubtful, but I wouldn't be.
Deleted User wrote: » There is definitely some extremely shady and very likely criminal actions taken by members of the Gardai, but there has been some bizarre accusations made by McCabe also.
Interested Observer wrote: » Tusla got involved in the whole child abuse thing, I don't think there's any doubt that part is fiction. There was a file there that existed.
Deleted User wrote: » Rightly or wrongly I've always felt that McCabe drifted at times between reality and fiction. This testimony if true would be stranger than fiction. That evidence alone if proven would potentially put three people in prison. It sounds incredibly far fetched though. Really have no idea what to make of it.
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