Bord na gCon - Minister should act on Taggart

THE press conference called by Paschal Taggart, the controversial chairman of Bord na gCon, was in direct and deliberate defiance of Sports Minister John O’Donoghue.

Throughout the spectacle that the running of the board is perceived since the start of this episode, Mr Taggart has adopted the mantle of protector and defender of the industry.

That attitude has inevitably led to the minister setting up an investigation by a former secretary general of the Department of Justice into the sacking of Bord na gCon chief executive Aidan Tynan.