‘Only the little people pay taxes’

RAY BURKE could elevate hubris into an art form.

‘Only the little people pay taxes’

When James Gogarty's allegations about corrupt payments of £30,000 made to him surfaced during the 1997 election campaign, Rambo rode out the controversy like he had rode out all rumour and innuendo (and a Garda investigation) that has surrounded his role in planning for years.

After the election, two endorsements of Burke's pedigree by Bertie Ahern would come back and haunt the Fianna Fáil leader.

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