Bailey case highlights the need for far deeper legal reform in Ireland

What is interesting about court cases in which the State is involved is the way they show how little has changed since our ‘democratic revolution’ in 2011.

We were told that replacing the cronyism of Fianna Fáil with the cronyism of Fine Gael and Labour would see the institutions of the State being held to a higher standard than before.

Yet a quick perusal of all the various investigations since 2011 into the Garda, HSE or other maladministration shows the default reaction of the State to anyone who challenges it is to attack them with the full weight of its legal resources.