In Reply to: re: geogre lee resignation posted by M O Leary on February 10, 2010 at 07:35:06:

"Lee was one of very few in politics that knew anything about the current economic woes and possible solutions "

I think it would be more accurate to say that he's just one of very few people in the public eye in Ireland that were in a position where it wasn't detrimental to their career to point it out.