Political foot dragging

WHEN Fine Gael finance spokesperson, Michael Noonan, was asked did he think there was political foot dragging surrounding the garda investigation into Anglo Irish Bank, he replied: “Public servants, including gardaí and senior civil servants, always try to act on what they regard as ministers and government priorities and they obviously feel that there isn’t an urgency because these matters are not priorities with government.”

In real democracies the police act (independently) on crime and reports of crime. In Ireland, according to Mr Noonan, they act according to political priorities. Could this explain why we have yet to see a financial institution or official brought before a judge?

Anthony Sheridan