Media silence over Niall Collins story

Which mainstream media alleged he acted illegally?

That should tell you why he probably won’t bother.

This stuff isn’t difficult to understand, main stream media are more careful because they have a lot to lose, if you have nothing, then you don’t fear losing it.

You would be right, they aren’t, Go back a page or two to get the gist of the discussion.

The fact, not disputed, that neither he nor his wife had any pecuniary interest in the land when he voted, in commitee to send it forward to the Council for consideration to sell. And it sold, on the open market with multiple bidders after he had left the council to become a TD, is the reason the mainstream media are not accusing him of illegality, nor referring to an article which is, as it could be found to be defamatory.

The Ditch are not a mainstream media outlet, while they have done some good things, they are run by Roman Shortall, a scrot recently ordered by a Court to leave his rented accommodation after running up €50,000 in arrears, and allegedly funded by Paddy Cosgrove who appears to have a vendetta against Irish politicians, his business partners and investors related to that tech conference he took to Lisbon a few years ago.

Sad to see the politicians backing up Micheal Martins attack on the Ditch. Openly defending cronyism and corruption. They 100% know they are doing the wrong thing. Integrity is badly lacking in Irish politics.

Nonsense. A totally corrupted nation, will have little corruption exposed, as every orifice of the system is corrupted. Which leads people to think that there's not much corruption. You posted a perception index, and what people think, is not a fact.

Politically speaking. Courts, politicians, and the media are all but a unit when they should be independent from each other, idealistically speaking. They are all same minded in Ireland, and work in tandem. The media are probably the worst offenders, as I expect the political class and the judiciary to defend each other, whereas the media was once considered to be the ones who expose corruption, which rarely happens in Ireland. This story is a great example of just that.

This story, you know the thread you're posting in? Which the Irish media only every posted when their hand was forced.

No argument, just slander. Good lad.

"We define corruption as the abuse of entrusted power for private gain. Corruption erodes trust, weakens democracy, hampers economic development and further exacerbates inequality, poverty, social division and the environmental crisis."

This is the same political party too that's literally welcoming back Bertie Ahern, a man who's objectively corrupt. The same party, whose leader instead of dealing in merit, dealt in slander, as a way to deflect from this event. Just as many do when they've been corned, which is objectively dishonest, some would say that it's corrupt.

It's beyond me that there's people in this country, who for some odd reason, have loyalty to disloyal political parties.

He was part of the decision making process that allowed his wife to purchase land from the council.

Simple answer to a simple question.

That is not corrupt.

It has not been disputed that he voted at local commitee stage for the land sale, the local committee has absolutely no power to dispose of property, when the property was marketed and sold on the open market, to the highest of multiple bidders (as is normal practice) Niall Collins had left the Council to take his seat in the Dail.

So my question still stands, where is the corruption you are referring to?

Jesus he aided the first stage of the overall decision. He was involved in the process.

Just because he got a better job before the next stage of the process does not absolve him.

So if he'd have stayed on as counciller and continued to be involved till the end of the process, would that be corruption to you?