Irish Examiner View: Ineptitude rather than corruption blamed

The publication yesterday of the long-awaited report by Patrick Coghlin, into Stormont’s cash-for-ash scandal, was typical of its type.

It criticised individuals, but found that a multiplicity of errors and omissions, rather than corruption, was at the root of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme fiasco. It identified many failures, but not enough to end even one career.