Lowry exposed again - Contempt for integrity

Michael Lowry has long had difficulty in aligning himself with what most people accept as reality.

Over a long career, one which has imposed a high price on the integrity of our political system, he has been embroiled in one shabby controversy after another.

One tribunal established by the Oireachtas concluded that he dodged tax, another that he played a decisive role in Denis O’Brien’s consortium Esat winning a mobile phone licence. After he was exposed as a tax cheat he made a retrospective settlement.