Mick Clifford: Conviction might put brakes on perjury

Pat Ryan of Limerick celebrates after the Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Final match between Limerick and Tipperary at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork. He might consider himself the unluckiest perjurer since the speed camera was invented.

During a break of proceedings at a tribunal, I got talking to a senior garda.

We spoke about one of the issues that were being examined by the inquiry. This man was a rock of sense in the solutions he prescribed and pointing out where things went wrong. He got me thinking that if more people like him were in positions of responsibility there would be no need for expensive and time-consuming inquiries.