Government deaf to Air Corps whistleblowers
THE latest development in the Air Corps chemicals scandal raises serious questions about the Government’s attitudes to whistleblowers, and highlights significant inconsistencies in its account of how it has managed the affair.
It is two weeks since the Irish Examiner revealed the details of a damning health-and-safety report on working conditions at Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel, and text messages seen by this newspaper add weight to opposition charges that the Government has tried to “bury” the affair by not engaging with those whistleblowers who had previously raised health warnings about the Air Corps staff’s exposure to chemicals.
