Separation of Powers
by planetparker
The attacks by Dermot Aherne on the Mahon Tribunal represent a very dangerous attempt to undermine the already weak separation of powers in this country,
Aherne, as a solicitor should recognise this, so should any lawyer worth their salt, but then Aherne is a Fianna Fail lawyer, no doubt with an arts degree for whom talk of the separation of powers recalls a very distant memory of when it may have been briefly covered in the conversion course. The classic Fianna Fail lawyer doesn’t much care for that fancy theoretical stuff; conveyancing and property development is more their bag. That crap about separation of Powers or even Separation of Paddys gets you no-where, unlike membership of the party, and if you raise lots of loot for the boys you may even be appointed a district judge. Now holders of what is in the Irish legal system the lowest form of judicial existence are very jealous of their puffed-up little positions, and would not allow any tom, dick or harry to question the handling of a case in “their” court. Unfortunately Judge Alan Mahon and his team are not beholden to the soldiers of destiny for their jobs but probably owe their advancement to talent and integrity. If only things were different; yes, then they would show proper respect for the party.
If Barrow-boy Bertie does not want to be pilloried he should stop behaving like a north-side cornerboy when confronted with questions he doesn’t like. The man is acting like a crook, and you know what senator Joe McCarthy once said about ducks. If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck…
