Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)

There is humanity in our legal system which is sometimes forgotten completely in the social rhetoric.

The case of Ernest Saunders and his remarkable recovery always reminds me of the occasion when a private detective was very convinced that a certain plaintiff in the Four Courts was a complete fraud. The plaintiff had appeared at an earlier stage on a crutch, but had now descended into a wheelchair. When the jury handed down the verdict the private detective went over to the victorious plaintiff and said, "I will watch you for the rest of your days."