Fennelly commission report - Evasiveness undermining credibility

TOMORROW marks the first anniversary of the resignation — though that description hardly seems plausible when all of the factors are considered — of former Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan.

Yet, despite the establishment of the Fennelly commission to investigate the series of interventions that led to Mr Callinan’s premature and unexpected departure from the Phoenix Park, we are none the wiser about what provoked his “resignation”.

Instead of transparency and substance we have — once again — speculation and evasion. Instead of openness and complete honesty we have an administration kicking to touch, an administration turning one more time to credibility-sapping stonewalling.