Rallying around Catherine Martin makes government ministers lose a few of their marbles without even noticing. They came out after her Prime Time appearance, rationalising it, which is what we do when faced with colleague action that makes no sense. So you had ministers saying that Catherine had the best of intentions toward Siún ní Raghallaigh and wanted to give her “space” to answer questions. Which is like saying that a short walk to the gallows is a great exercise opportunity.
What happened was that Siún ní Raghallaigh rang the minister to say “Want to alert you to a mistake we made.” Which is what chairpeople do. And you know what decent ministers do in that situation? They do one of two things. They say gotcha. Appreciate your time. Clear on it now. Grand. Or they say “Please present yourself in my office this afternoon.” They don’t finish the phone call and then go on Prime Time to condemn the caller to corporate death.
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