"The single sheet of paper was pushed across the table for me to read as we sat drinking coffee in the lobby of a Dublin hotel. The people on the other side reckoned that it would explain things better than they could. The page contained less than 500 words of a transcript from a taped conversation between two individuals I'd never heard of."
"This was the undramatic moment which marked the beginning of a story that eventually caused an unprecedented expression of shock, anger and disbelief among the public and the political establishment not only in Ireland but across the rest of Europe."
A single sheet of paper was pushed across a table in a Dublin hotel lobby during a coffee meeting. The recipients believed the page would explain matters better than they could. The page contained fewer than 500 words of a transcript from a taped conversation between two previously unknown individuals. That undramatic moment initiated a story that led to the exposure of a major scandal. The revelations produced unprecedented shock, anger and disbelief among the public and the political establishment across Ireland and throughout Europe. The fallout reshaped public and political trust beyond national borders.
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