Sir,– I note that businessman David Corcoran escaped without a criminal record (let alone jail time), for an unprovoked, sustained attack on a cyclist that included head punches and strangulation. ("Executive who strangled cyclist spared criminal record", July 28th)
Is it a coincidence that Corcoran’s white collar credentials (businessman, senior executive etc) are reinforced six times in a report with barely that number of paragraphs?
It has always been nigh-on impossible for a white-collar criminal to receive jail time in Ireland, but it seems that it is similarly unlikely for a white collar person to be held accountable for crimes of any hue.
– Yours, etc,
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ALAN MURPHY
Templeogue, Dublin 6W.