Rónán Mullen (Independent)

As I said last week, the culture of looking for heads and taking people down not only is taking us nowhere but also is driving people down paths of dishonesty where they go into denial because of the sanction they know they will have to face if they are found out. Deputy Sargent did the honourable thing. He recognised the wrong in what had happened but far from making him a bad person, it affirms he is a human person prone to error like others.