Further tales in the fall and fall of Foley

WHEN Denis Foley’s name appeared in Revenue’s list of settlements made by tax defaulters there was an air of inevitability to it; almost weariness.

It's a long time since Foley was first named and shamed, five years in fact since the Moriarty Tribunal first disclosed the former Kerry North TD's "uisce faoi thalamh".

The revelation was dramatic then, made especially so because he was the deputy chairman of the Dáil's Public Accounts Committee. He had also voted unblinkingly in the Dáil to set up the McCracken and Moriarty Tribunals, the inquiries which would ensnare him.