Trust, belief and faith in our justice system is what’s at stake

WHAT’S at stake is the most fundamental issue: trust, belief and faith in the justice system.

Not the warnings of an excited opposition politician nor the learned insight of a leading academic. They’re the words of the political leader of the country.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny suggested the controversies of recent months were of less gravity than the recording of phone conversations into and out from garda stations — a practice, going on for decades, which now jeopardises current, pending and possibly past prosecutions and civil cases.