Government should act after ruling on Uganda
The court’s verdict represents a telling blow to the Irish Government, who have insisted on maintaining strong financial links with the Museveni regime in Uganda - despite some reservations on the part of ministers Dermot Ahern and Conor Lenihan.
My attempts over recent years, at meetings of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs, to drive home the seriousness of this situation proved unsuccessful in one meeting after another.
