Roaring Richard O’Donoghue of Independent Ireland stood up in the Dáil chamber on Tuesday and accused the chairman of Bord Bia of insider trading.
Because he could.
Insider trading is a criminal offence in this country.
Richard was in no doubt about what he had just said. He had no problem saying it.
And as he was speaking on the floor of the national parliament, he was in no danger of being hauled before the courts and sued for defamation either.
In his view, Larry Murrin, who is the boss of international cooked meat suppliers Dawn Farm Foods when he isn’t chairing the State’s food promotion agency, is committing a crime.
“It’s actually cartelling,” he roared.
“No, it’s not,” retorted the Taoiseach.
“It is,” insisted the TD for Limerick County, conjuring up a novel scenario to bolster his case.
“Would you allow Fine Gael’s general secretary sit inside in your Fianna Fáil parliamentary meeting and listen to all the points that ye have, but yet ye allow Larry Murrin sit as chairperson where he’s got the full disclosu
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