@Robert Bradshaw: so what did the committee demonstrate that he did wrong in terms of the barter account and the tri partite agreement, i m interested to hear your views

@Liam O’Connor: At the very least he knowingly was part of a conspiracy to money launder tax payer funds.

Giving a falsified invoice to a third party – and agreeing to hide its true purpose – then refusing to speak up to perpetuate fraud on the taxpayer… that’s all demonstrably true.

Claiming he committed fraud cause his employer told him to isn’t a legal defense.

He was paid 10s of thousands of euro – which cost extra 10s of thousands because it was hidden via the barter account – for work he didn’t do: consultancy.

He then knew RTE was misstating his wages – and his manager was in cahoots with RTE to launder the money – and didn’t say boo until a public audit found it.

Here’s the definition of money laundering:

“Money laundering is the illegal process of hiding the origins of money obtained illegally by passing it through a complex system of banking transfers or other transactions”

Falsifying invoices to receive money, then hiding that money via barter accounts and offshoot companies – that’s what drug gangs do.

And also apparently our state media and its biggest star and his manager.