Tribunal reveals a squander of valued assets

THE latest revelations from the Moriarty Tribunal on the awarding of the second mobile telephone licence show there was an astonishingly haphazard attitude in dealings relating to a valuable national asset.

But the relations between the Irish government and the EU over the awarding of the licence were equally haphazard as the tribunal will no doubt learn when Commission officials appear before it in the New Year.

Some of those dealing with the Irish in Brussels thought it an endearing aspect of our character and one that made it easy to do business with the Irish.