PJ MARA: Fianna Fáil's man sailed through Flood Tribunal with career intact

But it proved a mere minor interruption and, five years on, he was director for the general election, steering the party into power for a third successive time.
When costs for tribunal witnesses were decided in 2004, it seemed he might be made pay dearly for his less than full co-operation but the tribunal ruled the State should cover the bulk of his £80,000 bill.