McGuinness accusation - An allegation that cannot be ignored

Yesterday’s sensational and terribly disconcerting accusation by Fianna Fáil deputy and chairman of the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) John McGuinness cannot be ignored.

It strikes at the very heart of issues that have dogged this society and, if confirmed, must lead to action never before contemplated by an Irish Government.

The allegation must be either quickly refuted or confronted properly at the highest level of Government because it is a direct indictment of the professionalism, effectiveness, suitability for high office and honesty of some of the most powerful public servants in the land.