Madam, – If the bowlers on the Irish cricket team could have used as much spin as the opponents of the Moriarty tribunal, I’m sure we’d have won the World Cup! – Yours, etc,
Madam, – As a theologian ,a Christian and a Dublin man, I am proud to have read the article by John Waters regarding the tribunal; and his comments that, after 14 years we know as much as we would have heard after a night in the Horseshoe Bar in 1997 (Opinion, March 25th). According to his comments, which I agree with, both Denis O’Brien and Michael Lowry are both innocent of any wrongdoing until otherwise proved. Why is it that it takes one great journalist to tell the truth: are there no other journalists with backbone out there to highlight the injustice of this tribunal? Can you imagine the number of new schools and the jobs that could have been created with the €150 million spent to date. If the legal teams employed in this case had any conscience, they would give half their fees to some third-world charity.
I would also like to compliment the people of Tipperary for continuing to believe in the innocence of Michael Lowry and for their wonderful support after the Moriarty report. – Yours, etc,
Madam, – The parties of Government, Fine Gael and Labour, have declined to censure Michael Lowry in the aftermath of the publication of Moriarty Tribunal Report because “it would serve no point” (Moriarty tribunal: the fallout, March 26th).
As an Irish citizen and a taxpayer, any form of censure of Mr Lowry would be welcome as I, in conjunction with many of your readers, hold no great expectation of any other form of censure being applied to any of the many miscreants in this sorry saga. – Is mise,
A chara, – Who should judge Michael Lowry? Certainly not his peers in Dáil Éireann. What TD would lend him any public support? However, many may have sympathy for him and are breathing a sigh of relief that they were not subject to scrutiny like him.
It is the people of North Tipperary who should be allowed to judge Michael Lowry in the wake of the Moriarty findings. If he is a man of honour he will allow them that opportunity by resigning his seat and standing for re-election. – Is mise,
Madam, – I find it extremely unlikely and frankly unbelievable that a panel of senior civil servants and their professional advisers were in any way influenced by the opinion of Michael Lowry when recommending the award of the mobile licence to the Denis O’Brien-led consortium of bidders. However, the subsequent financial dealings involving Lowry- and O’Brien-related entities were bound to create suspicions of dirty deeds in the awarding of the licence which ultimately made some Irish men very rich. We are, after all, a nation of begrudgers. – Yours, etc,
Madam, – There is not much wrong with Michael Lowry. It is the voters who are wrong! – Yours, etc,
Madam, – After commenting on the “Brazenness of the tribunal’s shamed” (Weekend Review, March 26th), I would be grateful if Fintan O’Toole could turn his journalistic skill to those who conducted and profited staggeringly from it: the legal profession. – Yours, etc,
Madam, – After the fallout from the Moriarty report, could we have another general election, please? - Yours, etc,
Madam, – I am open to correction, but I believe the following statements to be true: Mr Justice Moriarty does not tell lies or mislead tribunals, he is not a tax dodger, he is not corrupt nor is he a tax exile.
Can this man not do anything right? – Yours, etc,
Madam The best Taoiseach Enda Kenny can say in light of the Tribunal’s findings is “In an ideal world Mr Lowry would resign” (Home News, March 25th).
His Ministers were even less forthcoming, citing 14,000 voters as their excuse for not calling a spade a spade.
What is holding back the party that vowed to clean up and reform Irish politics from stating outright that in light of the tribunal’s findings Michael Lowry’s behaviour is totally unacceptable and he is not person fit for membership the Dáil? It almost seems that Fine Gael is scared of Mr Lowry for some reason? I don’t recall Fine Gael saying that the political reform it promised the electorate was dependent on us being in an “ideal world”.
On a positive note, at least the voters in North Tipperary are getting what they voted for! – Yours, etc,