How many Irish businessmen do BBC Scotland show an interest in?
When did the state broadcaster start to show an interest in Swiss tax matters?
Incredibly the lead item in the 6 o’clock news on Radio Scotland was the Celtic link in the so-called Paradise Papers. The story is also the lead on the BBC Scotland football webpage.
Dermot Desmond, the biggest individual shareholder in Celtic but certainly not the club owner, is the subject of interest for the movers and shakers at the BBC Scotland newsroom.
There are a number of big names listed in the documents revealed by Panarama, many of whom have enjoyed lucrative payments from the BBC who are funded entirely from licence payments.
Exactly what level of national interest there is in an Irishman who invests outwith the UK for a company registered in Switzerland is hard to fathom.
Other than an agency report on Friday night the BBC Scotland website hasn’t mentioned the accounts of the Ibrox tribute act.
If they have an interest in tax scandals they should maybe review the payments being made to Barry Ferguson, Steven Thompson and Billy Dodds.
