Never mind the begrudgers, Eddie — just keep up the good work

JUDGE Liam Hamilton once said to me that he was sure he would get no thanks for exposing the malpractices in the beef industry, and all the other stuff that surrounded it.

In the end, he funked the job, for whatever reason. I know that Judge Feargus Flood was seriously worried about the campaigns that were run against him and several of his witnesses. In the end, he rose to the challenge. He blew the whistle.

Being a whistleblower is no fun. Whistleblowers are motivated by all sorts of different reasons, but the one thing they all have in common is that they get to a position that is very lonely. It mightn't seem like that, but when you're having the excrement of the establishment heaped on your head, it hurts.