Mahon Tribunal
# mahon-tribunal - Saturday 16 February, 2013
Micheál Martin: I still keep in touch with Brian Cowen
The Fianna Fáil leader said he had a “good chat” with his predecessor at a recent funeral but neither Cowen nor Bertie Ahern have any input to party policy.
# mahon-tribunal - Wednesday 30 January, 2013
Plans to establish independent planning regulator under Mahon Tribunal terms
Jan O’Sullivan said it was now a matter of deciding whether an entirely new entity should be created or if the current system should be adapted.
# mahon-tribunal - Tuesday 29 January, 2013
Oireachtas agenda: Mahon tribunal, water charges and National Lottery
Senators debate amendments to water charges laws while TDs consider selling the National Lottery licence.
# mahon-tribunal - Friday 18 January, 2013
Column: Public inquiry system reflects power imbalance in Irish society
Women’s lives are not a priority in the public sphere – and this is clear from a series of inquiries, writes Margaret O’Keeffe.
# mahon-tribunal - Sunday 30 December, 2012
‘A logistical, logarithmic progression’ : The year in 46 quotes
“It’s clear that people are pissed off with us as a government” and 45 other quotes that tell the story of 2012.
# mahon-tribunal - Monday 24 December, 2012
Mahon, Reilly, Savita: Game-changing political moments of 2012
Unlike 2011 this was not a year of any seismic shifts in Irish politics but there were plenty of stand-out moments which will have repercussions going into next year and most of them involved one man…
# mahon-tribunal - Friday 23 November, 2012
Pics: Government publications sales office closes today
No more queues for tribunal reports or the latest CSO stats.
# mahon-tribunal - Tuesday 16 October, 2012
Mixed response to Hogan’s plans for local council cull
Political parties criticise plans to do away with town councils, but the response of others is a little more enthusiastic.
Significant reforms will see planning powers of councillors curtailed
Minister Phil Hogan said he wanted to remove the possibility of councillors abusing their power.
# mahon-tribunal - Monday 6 August, 2012
‘A consensus politician’: Bertie Ahern profile still on Fianna Fáil website
The former taoiseach may have left the party in the wake of damning findings by the Mahon Tribunal but a glowing profile on the Fianna Fáil website remains.
# mahon-tribunal - Wednesday 18 July, 2012
Poll: Should the Oireachtas be allowed to investigate the bank guarantee?
Two Oireachtas committee are vying for the chance to investigate the bank guarantee four years ago but should politicians be allowed to scrutinise the decision in the first place?
# mahon-tribunal - Saturday 7 July, 2012
Ridge resigns from Fine Gael in the wake of disciplinary proceedings
Therese Ridge lost the party whip after the Fine Gael disciplinary committee considered the findings of the Mahon Tribunal report against her.
# mahon-tribunal - Tuesday 19 June, 2012
Website needed for disclosure of lobbyists’ meetings with policy makers
Transparency International Ireland has reacted to a report in today’s Irish Times outlining proposed laws that will force lobbyists to disclose their contacts with politicians and senior civil servants.
# mahon-tribunal - Tuesday 5 June, 2012
Barrister whose ad led to Mahon Tribunal nominated to the High Court
Colm MacEochaidh, a former Fine Gael general election candidate, has been nominated to the High Court by the government.
# mahon-tribunal - Monday 21 May, 2012
The Daily Fix: Monday
Your nightly round-up of the day’s biggest news stores…
€196 million: the estimated final cost for the Mahon Tribunal
The Department of the Environment updates its formal estimates on how much the Planning Tribunal will cost the public.
# mahon-tribunal - Wednesday 16 May, 2012
“Therese Ridge is not a crook” – FG cllr appeals party action after Mahon
Dublin councillor Therese Ridge says she did nothing wrong in accepting a donation from Frank Dunlop, an action which the Mahon Tribunal found was inappropriate.
# mahon-tribunal - Thursday 10 May, 2012
The Daily Fix: Thursday
Our essential roundup of the day’s big stories – plus any other bits and pieces you may have missed…
# mahon-tribunal - Thursday 26 April, 2012
The 5 at 5: Thursday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
# mahon-tribunal - Tuesday 24 April, 2012
Mahon whistleblower James Gogarty left with €1m legal costs
James Gogarty incurred legal costs of over €4.5 million for Mahon – but the State was only willing to cover €3.56 million.
# mahon-tribunal - Monday 23 April, 2012
Mahon: Varadkar backs Olivia Mitchell amid suggestion she could resign seat
The Sunday Independent reported that the Dublin South TD would resign her seat if censured by Fine Gael over the Mahon Tribunal findings.
# mahon-tribunal - Monday 16 April, 2012
The 9 worst councils in Ireland’s planning system
An Taisce has rated planning systems in 34 city and county councils. Nine of them got an ‘F’ grade.
# mahon-tribunal - Wednesday 11 April, 2012
Childers calls on Fianna Fáil to make complaint to Gardaí over Flynn payment
Labour MEP Nessa Childers has called on Fianna Fail to prove its commitment to fighting white-collar crime.
# mahon-tribunal - Tuesday 10 April, 2012
Ahern’s profile removed from public speaking agencies’ websites
A spokesman for one public speaking agency said it had been advised to remove the former Taoiseach’s profile.
# mahon-tribunal - Sunday 8 April, 2012
Shatter admits frustration, but says Anglo probe can’t be rushed
The minister for justice responds to criticism from Pat Rabbitte in today’s Sunday Independent, saying full investigations need time.
Bertie: ‘I have always got on well with the Irish people’
The former Taoiseach has criticised the media and the findings of the Mahon Tribunal in an interview with the Irish Sun on Sunday today.
# mahon-tribunal - Saturday 7 April, 2012
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.
# mahon-tribunal - Wednesday 4 April, 2012
Commission will not strip Flynn’s pension before court ruling
Current commissioner Maros Sefcovic says Padraig Flynn’s pension may be stripped, but only after he is convicted of an offence.
Government link with Denis O’Brien is ‘overhyped’ – FG Chairman
Charlie Flanagan has sought to play down the link between the government and the businessman but did say there needed to be “clear blue water” between ministers and anyone implicated by the Moriarty Tribunal.
# mahon-tribunal - Tuesday 3 April, 2012
Action on planning inquiries ‘could help stop another property bubble’
An Taisce said alleged irregularities at seven councils had not yet been properly investigated.
# mahon-tribunal - Sunday 1 April, 2012
By the grace of God and blood sport: The week in quotes
“By the grace of God, we have won the most sensational victory in British political history.”
What WOULD it take for a politician to lose their pension?
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.
# mahon-tribunal - Saturday 31 March, 2012
O’Dea: ‘People had begun to get suspicious of Bertie’
Former Defence Minister Willie O’Dea has spoken candidly about Bertie Ahern’s evidence to the Mahon Tribunal in 2007.
# mahon-tribunal - Friday 30 March, 2012
St Luke’s trustees agree to transfer building back to Fianna Fáil
The infamous ‘Drumcondra mafia’ have agreed to transfer ownership of Bertie Ahern’s former constituency office back to the party centrally.
The 9 at 9: Friday
Nine things to know this morning…
# mahon-tribunal - Wednesday 28 March, 2012
Column: The Mahon Tribunal failed – and the media did too
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.
Final FF councillor quits party ahead of Friday expulsion
Finbarr Hanrahan has formally resigned his membership of the party, meaning all six of the people due for expulsion have gone.
Mahon Tribunal issues ‘unreserved apology’ to Haughey son
Conor Haughey was mistakenly named in the report, instead of his brother Ciarán Haughey.
# mahon-tribunal - Tuesday 27 March, 2012
Portraits of tainted taoisigh ‘should be removed from Leinster House’ – senator
James Heffernan says the public gallery, which forms part of tours, should not feature portraits of disgraced politicians.
Barrister whose ad led to Mahon calls for an anti-corruption commission
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.
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