Leo Varadkar story in The Village??? - Mod Notes and banned Users in OP updated 16/05

Or people are over-egging the pudding on what it means and getting some digs in again and again over a nothing incident.

Look over the start of the thread. Many a poster predicted that Leo would be spending time in the Joy over this.

What would you expect the Gardai to do? Burn the files contained in the investigation?

We all know why it's dragged on for so long, Paddy and Co. have been trying to steer the investigation into blind allys.

Paddy and Co.. They have enough influence to have this investigation running for so long? Really?

Do you think the investigators are so poor at their job that they keep listening to any new crap 'Paddy and Co' throw at them? They haven't done any actual real investigating that led to a file being presented to the DPP without recommendation after almost two years?

I must say, when I heard Leo on the news tonight blaming everyone else for this and saying it was political, denying any wrongdoing all I kept thinking of was "I did not have sexual relations with that woman" 😂

The truth will out. Presumably we will all get a look at the file after the DPP has made her decision. Another trial by public to follow. FG are used to them by now.

Common practice, absolutely. Every politician has a load of journalists in their phone, every journalist has a load of politicians in their phone. Same across all parties. Always has been. Journalists don't stumble across this stuff by accident, they get fed leads by their contacts.

A lot of politics is about jostling for position and looking out for number one. Drip-feed information to journalists and they'll keep schtum when something comes up about you. Likewise, journalists who are savvy with what they talk about, find themselves being given more to talk about.

This is why the like of the Village find themselves out of the loop; because they just publish everything they can find. As a result, anybody with anything to lose doesn't want to talk to them.

There is obviously no case for Varadkar to answer then, presumably you have significant insider information of what the Garda file contains and what Ms Pierse will decide

I don't know about that.

There is more Blackadder cunning put into usernames these days.

And I'm assuming you haven't figured it out yet, keep thinking, check with Mount St, and if you're still stuck after a couple of days I'll explain for you.

Did you think up any explanation for that other bit of auld fantasy you typed btw, it's a few pages back so I couldn't be assed trying to find it.

Correct, what the Gardai were investigating (and now with Ms Pierse to determine if a prosecution is warranted) was if Varadkar's leaking of the document marked 'Confidential/not for circulation' to his buddy broke any laws, I would have thought this was reasonably well known and understood.

So FFFG supporters are only concerned if Varadkar broke the law by leaking information?

So long as it’s not illegal, leaking information is not an issue?

According to media reports, the Gardai were investigating whether it was a corruption issue rather than a breach of the Official Secrets Act.

Regards...jmcc

Most FFFG supporters think AGS are politically motivated?

Fascinating, as that would mean most would see AGS as corrupt.

That's the way I always read it. The leaking is illegal anyway, but if he stood to benefit at all (or anything other reasons that may prove corruption), then it is a far more serious crime, which seemed to be where they were looking.

No, I didn't. Maybe make yourself clearer.