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Sunday, September 4, 2011

Gene Kerrigan: State dealings mired in mixed messages - Gene Kerrigan, Columnists - Independent.ie

Gene Kerrigan: State dealings mired in mixed messages - Gene Kerrigan, Columnists - Independent.ie: For instance, for decades, the State treated tax evasion with the same negligence that bishops treated child rapists. Complex criminal frauds were arranged, in which bankers, accountants, lawyers and their wealthy clients conspired to steal from the rest of us -- and, sure, no big deal. What chance of punishment was there when bankers and top politicians were at the same game? None. How many of those organised crime figures ended up in Mountjoy? Zero.?

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