tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13722343.post113642087040691106..comments2023-10-29T14:44:07.458+00:00Comments on The Dossing Times: Double Standards my pet peeveSimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13851386083389876851noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13722343.post-1136505182711545762006-01-05T23:53:00.000+00:002006-01-05T23:53:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13851386083389876851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13722343.post-1136505242249776472006-01-05T23:54:00.000+00:002006-01-05T23:54:00.000+00:00Good point about Charles Haughey not being convict...<I>Good point about Charles Haughey not being convicted of anything - but at least he was brought before a tribunal.</I><BR/><BR/>Connolly was actually convicted of for rioting in 1982, after trying to storm the British Embassy in Dublin during a H-Block march. Given a 2 year suspended sentence.<BR/><BR/>He was also arrested over the shooting of a british layland exec in Trinity collage in 1981. But later released<BR/><BR/>Haughey was only arrested over the arms trial I think.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13851386083389876851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13722343.post-1136494011885921042006-01-05T20:46:00.000+00:002006-01-05T20:46:00.000+00:00He didn't leak the affair to the newspaper. The in...He didn't leak the affair to the newspaper. The independent first published the story back in 2002. McDowell was subsequently asked for a non-confidential document by a member of the press and he obliged. When asked he was open and readily admitted that he had provided the information.<BR/><BR/>As for using 'proper channel', the minister was well within his powers as minister for justice in doing what he did. If he wasn't he would have had to step aside. <BR/><BR/>And what is underhand about acting within ones powers in premptively tackling a potentially serious threat to Irish democracy and being open and honest about it when asked? I agree that the media has spun this into "Mullah" McDowell and his vendetta against poor old Frank Connolly. The only mistake McDowell made was in underestimating the lack of moral character in the Irish media when it comes to Sinn Fein/IRA.Eamonnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14178748742260174594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13722343.post-1136473574320945432006-01-05T15:06:00.000+00:002006-01-05T15:06:00.000+00:00I dont think the Frank Connoly affair is just abou...I dont think the Frank Connoly affair is just about the idea of "innocent until proven guilty". The fact that a Minister for Justice, who is supposed to uphold Ireland's laws and the proper channels for those laws leaked the affair to a newspaper is shocking. Regardless of what one's opinions are on how Frank Connoly should be dealt with, it undermines the minister's role to behave in such an underhand way. It makes a very serious allegation come across as a petty personal vendetta. Good point about Charles Haughey not being convicted of anything - but at least he was brought before a tribunal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com