Act in haste, repent in leisure...

The speed with which our new Minister for Justice acted in giving additional powers to the GSOC, makes me recall the old adage of those who act in haste.

One had only to observe the hash GSOC made of the alleged bugging saga at their offices and their admission that they shut down the investigation when ‘they found no garda involvement’. It would appear they had no interest if some other group had been so involved — that is of course, ‘if there ever was any bugging at all’.

The release of the “bugging story” must obviously have come from their own people. Why have they displayed a lack of interest in that aspect?