Lord Laird and the Government witch-hunt against the Centre for Public Inquiry

A RECENT Spinwatch article considered the credibility of Lord Laird in the wake of allegations that Laird "broke rules by offering to carry out parliamentary work for cash". NIALL MEEHAN reflects on his own reasons to doubt Laird's credibility.

http://www.spinwatch.org/index.php/issues/more/item/5513-all-things-come-to-those-who-wait-and-wait

Includes (audio) interviews and discussion with:

• Frank Connolly
• Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) Mary Harney
• Finian McGrath TD
• Professor Dermot Walsh
• Justice Minister Michael McDowell
• Irish Voice Editor Niall O’Dowd (on Chuck Feeney)
• Eamon Dunphy interviewing Sam Smyth (Irish Independent) and Paul Cullen (Irish Times)
• Discussion on 'Tonight with Vincent Browne', with Michael Clifford (Sunday Tribune), Aisling Ready (ICCL), Colm Mac Eochaidh (then Senior Counsel), Nora Owen (former Minister for Justice)