Session gives glimpse of Golden Circle

SELDOM does the public get an insight into the judgement of civil servants.

However, a rare glimpse into the thinking behind major decisions was seen at yesterday’s session of the Moriarty Tribunal.

With the benefit of hindsight, the official who said there was “no crock of gold available” from Ireland’s second mobile phone licence should now realise just how wrong he was. Snapped up for £15 million, it proved a gold mine for entrepreneur Denis O’Brien of Esat Digifone.