Justice Flood
The Flood Tribunal (now called Mahon) is in its fifth year of sitting. It has spanned two centuries – indeed, two millennia.
One of its principal witnesses was arrested at Dublin airport on his way back from the Isle of Man, with a bag of swag.
Another witness, a member of Dail Eireann no less, has been jailed for failing to cooperate with the tribunal. (Check out Liam Lawlor)
A former government minister has settled up with the Revenue Commissioners.
There have been referrals to the High Court and the Supreme Court and a trip to Guernsey in the Channel Islands.
The chairman has retired from the judiciary. (Justice Flood - see this page)
One of the lawyers has got married.
Another has had a baby
A third has built a new house
And four of them have become millionaires!!!! (See if you won the Lotto)
It has been abandoned twice because of bomb scares, and once because a senior counsel – who shall remain nameless – was smoking in the toilet and set off the fire alarm.
There was even more high drama in the gents the day an absent-minded detective forgot his revolver and left the weapon in plain view on the washstand, where it was discovered by Anthony Harris, who is George Redmond’s Lawyer.
Harris left the gun where it was and immediately went to fetch a uniformed Garda. Now, the Journalist Sam Smythe clocked that there was something odd going on and he followed Harris and the Garda back into the gents.
Click on da head
George Redmond
As soon as Sam pushed open the door the Garda whipped off his cap and put it over the suspicious-looking weapon. But too late. Sam had already seen it, and quick as a wink he asked the Guard:
'Is that a gun in your hat Guard, or are you just happy to see me? '
'(He)...spent forty days wandering like an Arab in the desert before eventually - like the snail - he eventually reached Jerusalem.' Describing James Gogarty's stint in the witness box.
A concatenation of circumstances, a unique situation which seems to be clouded in fog.' Describing Tom Brennan's unorthodox air travel arrangements.
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