Fine Gael chair says Mahon could chair 'anti-corruption commission'
Charlie Flanagan has called for the setting-up of an anti-corruption commission in the wake of the Mahon Tribunal findings.
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Charlie Flanagan has called for the setting-up of an anti-corruption commission in the wake of the Mahon Tribunal findings.
Minister for Housing Jan O’Sullivan said significant progress is being made in tackling the legacy of Celtic Tiger-era planning.
Current commissioner Maros Sefcovic says Padraig Flynn’s pension may be stripped, but only after he is convicted of an offence.
An Taisce said alleged irregularities at seven councils had not yet been properly investigated.
We take a closer look at the legislation proposed to be amended to allow Oireachtas members be stripped of their pensions if they are guilty of corruption.
It’s Father Ted’s 60th birthday today. Even if he was still around, he probably couldn’t have been any more on-the-button.
The party’s National Executive met this evening to discuss the fallout from the Mahon Report.
The infamous ‘Drumcondra mafia’ have agreed to transfer ownership of Bertie Ahern’s former constituency office back to the party centrally.
Green Party leader Eamon Ryan said the investigations into six councils had been “ready to go” when they were halted by Phil Hogan.
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Michael Smith, one of the two men whose offer of a reward for information about planning corruption led to the Mahon Tribunal, explains why the investigation was a damp squib.
Finbarr Hanrahan has formally resigned his membership of the party, meaning all six of the people due for expulsion have gone.
The Dáil resumes its discussions of the findings of the inquiry into political corruption in the planning process.
Conor Haughey was mistakenly named in the report, instead of his brother Ciarán Haughey.
James Heffernan says the public gallery, which forms part of tours, should not feature portraits of disgraced politicians.
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Colm Mac Eochaidh has said the information revealed by the Mahon Tribunal has been priceless but has offered an idea for how such costs might be avoided in future.
Colm Mac Eochaidh, one of the two men whose offer of a £10,000 reward for information about planning corruption led to the Mahon Tribunal, reflects on the past 15 years.
TDs this evening began a three-day debate on the findings of the tribunal into corruption in the planning process.
The resignations had been expected and are the fourth and fifth since the final report of the Mahon Tribunal. Only ex-councillor Finbarr Hanrahan now faces a motion of expulsion at Friday’s Ard Comhairle.
*That’s if they don’t resign first.
Legislation has been largely abandoned this week with TDs set to discuss the corruption revelations in the Tribunal’s final report.
Fine Gael confirmed the news tonight, adding that Cllr Devitt had been due to appear before the Party’s Disciplinary Committee.
Ógra Fianna Fáíl will propose a motion which would see a second former taoiseach expelled “for conduct unbecoming”.
The former minister and European Commissioner resigns his membership of Fianna Fáil, joining Bertie Ahern on the scrapheap.
The party also received confirmation that Councillor John Hannon has resigned his membership.
Writing in today’s Irish Times, the former Taoiseach said he was “deeply wounded” by the Mahon Tribunal findings.
Joe Costello said a constitutional amendment could halt payments to politicians named as corrupt by the Mahon Tribunal.
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The developer’s son says his father was vindicated by Mahon and should get more credit for exposing corruption.
Celia Larkin describes Ahern as “sometimes downright rude”, but that she never thought him guilty of corruption.
“I can’t allow this blemish on my character to go unanswered,” former Taoiseach says of Mahon report.
The man who led Fianna Fáil for 14 years quits the party before a vote to expel him, while continuing to deny any wrongdoing.
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How much did the report cost per page? How many times does it mention ‘corruption’? And who opposed setting it up?
“You can’t spend your money without being criticised for it,” Joe Burke told Marian Finucane.
MEP Nessa Childers says Commission’s code of conduct should be “enforced retroactively” following Mahon findings.