Higher up the political ladder the repercussions were even less evident.
I couldn't disclose who had rented the property, because of the risk of repercussions to my close ones, so I had to take the sentence on the chin.
They don't tell many people they're poly, fearing judgment and even career repercussions.
Obviously that cannot go on indefinitely, but European economies need time to recover from the cataclysm of the financial crisis, which was the first cause of the huge collapse in demand in 2009, with repercussions on productivity.
We have to face it head on, because the repercussions of Mrs Thatcher's reign have fed the nation.
The repercussions to this news have been violent, to say the least.
Time will tell, but Lenihan's face-saving exercise could have repercussions far beyond Dublin if AIB's doors fail to revolve, opening the way for other governments to stop big bonuses.
The Sun has yanked out that old photo of Ed Miliband and the sandwich, screaming a fiery-eyed warning to readers about the repercussions of letting the country be run by someone who'll intermittently allow themselves to be strung up by mischievous picture editors.
There wouldn't be any malign repercussions if I did put my name to it, but it is in the bloodstream of islanders that the operation of local society is mutually exclusive with the confrontational nature of party politics.
The decisions made by Google's engineers may have similarly significant repercussions, although they may operate in more subtle ways than, for example, deciding which way North should point.
The high-profile repercussions of the case continue to be felt, meanwhile, across the country.
