Surely that leads to the question then of why on earth the Catholic Church is receiving such protection from the Irish government?
Because they did a deal with Bertie and his crooks , hand over prime development land to the State for Berties "business" friends to have for nothing and then get indemnity from prosecution . Well not exactly indemnity its just that the church won't have to pay because they nominally gave their assets to the State not the developers so its the State that has to pay ...which means its the taxpayers who will have to pay an since Berties legacy means taxpayers are getting in short supply it means there is no money to pay for any settlements .
So since it is the State that deals with prosecutions , the State which will have to fund both prosecution and defence and the State which will have to pay the penalties the State ain't gonna do bugger all .