By Namawinelake
Minister for Finance Michael Noonan may not be Father of the Dail – that’s Enda Kenny’s badge – but Michael is the most politically experienced by reference to the roles he has held over the decades. And back in 1982-1986, Michael was the justice minister during the time when the first two insurance bailouts in the State took place, that of the PMPA in 1984, and that of the Insurance Corporation of Ireland in 1985, so the present scandal unfolding in Quinn Insurance – or Quinn Direct as the public generally know it – shouldn’t be brand new ground for the veteran Minister Noonan
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