Daniel McConnell: Golfgate shows that we demand higher standards

It has been suggested by some that an out of control public appetite led to a disproportionate punishment in relation to Mr Hogan’s wrongdoing. What crap.

Phil Hogan, file photo. Picture: Gareth Chaney Collins

Twelve years ago, the economy went off a cliff after our State-sponsored credit bubble burst in spectacular fashion.

Those in public office, who were charged with the safekeeping of our wellbeing, utterly failed in their duties and oversaw policies between 2004 and 2008 which exacerbated the crisis.