๐๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ฬ ๐ก๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฬ๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐๐ซ ๐ฃ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐, ๐ข๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐r.
On Wednesday Simon Coveneyโs brother, Rory Coveney, RTEโs Director of Strategy was summoned before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Culture, Arts & Media meet to discuss the transparency of RTรโs expenditure of public funds & governance. On Thursday he appeared before the Dรกil Committee of Public Accounts (PAC) to answer questions on the same issue.
Itโs not a good look for the government to see a minister so closely aligned with the RTร board. On Friday Simon Coveneyโs sailing partner was jailed. The former Deputy Chairman of An Bord Pleanรกla, Paul Hyde, who resigned from his position in April when he was outed by The Ditch was sentenced to two months in jail after pleading guilty to two breaches of planning laws at Bandon District Court.
Simon Coveney, a schoolmate of Hyde at PBC Cork and a personal friend were co-owners of the racing yacht โDark Angelโ.
โAny fool can carry on, but a wise man knows how to shorten sail in timeโ (Joseph Conrad).