Some things mere mortals can’t grasp

YOU quote the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law reform, Micheal McDowell, talking about the Wayne O'Donoghue case (Irish Examiner, January 27) as follows: “There were often legal complications in cases which the public does not understand and were not easy to explain.”

Some things mere mortals can’t grasp
Tue, 31 Jan, 2006 - 00:00

In the distant past this was a common excuse when the clergy wanted to keep the contents of the Bible out of people’s hands by not allowing it to be translated into English.

Is Mr McDowell worried we the ‘unenlightened’ might use the information to ask awkward questions?

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