Coalition blind to big picture behind GSOC reticence

It misses the bigger picture: That the watchdog’s decision to ask a foreign private company to investigate whether it was the victim of spying — without telling either the Garda Síochána or the Minister for Justice — is a sign of just how little trust the vital independent body has in several institutions of State.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s initial reaction yesterday to reports that GSOC was bugged was not to reassure the public that those responsible would be found out.