Bishop Casey is a bigger man than his unforgiving clerical critics

OUR system of justice seems to be turned on its head these days. The High Court has ruled that Ian Bailey should be deported to France to face charges for a crime committed in this country. If our system is so flawed that we cannot dispense justice, surely the system should be changed.

To try to pass off the responsibility on the French is an aberration of justice and a naked admission of our own incompetence. If our authorities think Bailey is guilty, he should be tried in this country under our system. We should not be railroading him to France.

From the reaction to the report of the Moriarty Tribunal it would seem that our system is broken. It cost over a €100 million to expose a catalogue of political corruption but there are no indications that anyone will be charged.