Callely’s comeuppance delivered by jail sentence over expenses

I’VE surprised myself by feeling a little sorry for former Fianna Fáil junior minister Ivor Callely this week.

Judge Mary Ellen Ring made the correct decision when she jailed him for five months for fraudulently claiming mobile expenses at Leinster House while he was a senator.

If ever there was a politician waiting for his comeuppance it was Ivor. The regard in which he held himself (and possibly still does) was breathtaking. He truly did believe that he might end up running the country, and indeed that it was his destiny to do so.