Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

Of course it was not confined to Fianna Fáil. Fine Gael has shown, through the tribunals, that it too shares a similar culture. There is no suggestion that members of the current Fianna Fáil-PD Cabinet have personally benefited from bribes or backhanders during their term of office. However, there is an old saying about the British journalist that could be adapted to this Government: "You cannot hope to bribe or twist, thank God, the British journalist, but seeing what the man will do unbribed, there's no occasion to".

During this Government's term of office, property speculators and developers have benefitted directly, as never before, from Government decisions. The Fianna Fáil tent at the Galway races has become a symbol of power, greed and elitism in Ireland——

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