corruption – Deshocks

Console row raises bigger questions

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Console row raises bigger questions

If you’re the kind of soft-hearted - or rigidly moral - person who has always given to charity, the Rehab and CRC revelations a few years ago will have shaken your faith in the sector, but probably not weakened your resolve to do what you felt is right. Both of those, however, could be understood under [...]

2018-12-01T09:53:59+00:00 July 21st, 2016|Categories: Opinion|Tags: Angela Kerins, Central Remedial Clinic, Charities Regulator, charity, Console, Cork, corruption, disability, donations, essential services, Frank Flannery, fundraising, good causes, Government, GUBU, homelessness, housing, NGO, Paul Kelly, philanthropy, public services, registered charity, Rehab, support|

Cosy consensus leaves whistleblowers out in the cold

You never know when you've got a national scandal on your hands until it's blown up completely. Someone should have warned Alan Shatter about this about a year ago, round about the time he stood up in the Dáil and repeated an allegation about Deputy Mick Wallace that he'd heard from the Garda Commissioner as if [...]

2018-12-01T09:57:16+00:00 February 20th, 2014|Categories: Opinion|Tags: Alan Shatter, corruption, crime, Gardaí, justice, whistleblowers|