UBIQUITOUS coverage and analysis of the Mahon Tribunal report suggests we have arrived at a watershed moment in Irish politics.

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DESPITE the corrupting secrecy that does so much to block the advance of our social, political, economic, educational and legal development, we have been exposed to a litany of horrors over the last few years.

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Property developers named at the tribunal — such as the Bailey brothers, found guilty by Flood of a litany of tax evasions and obstructions, in addition to making corrupt payments — continued to bank tens of millions of euro in profits each year.

The remaining criminal charge against George Redmond has been dropped by the State.

The George Redmond corruption trial has ended with the jury acquitting him on one charge and failing to agree a verdict on the second count.

The jury in George Redmond's corruption trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has been told that "the core issue" for the jurors is to decide whether he told the truth to gardaí or later under oath to the Flood Tribunal.

The jury in George Redmond's corruption trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has been told that a person doesn't have to be dishonest to be corrupt.

Closing speeches have concluded in George Redmond's corruption trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court with the prosecution telling the jury on day-15 of the trial that his actions "reeked of corruption".

The terms "bribery" and "corruption" were never raised in meetings in 1999 between George Redmond's solicitor and Garda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy, who was then chief of the Criminal Assets Bureau, a court has heard today.

George Redmond's trial for accepting a bribe from Fianna Fáil Councillor Patrick Dunne has heard his tax return for 1990 stated he received Ir£10,000 in "gratuitous receipts" from someone with the initials "PD".

George Redmond told gardaí he regularly received large sums of money from people representing development companies his corruption trial has been told.

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PROPERTY developer Tom Gilmartin is expected to make claims that will prove deeply embarrassing to Fianna Fáil when he begins his evidence at the Mahon Tribunal in Dublin Castle this week.

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GREED is always the overriding motivation for corruption. But the tribunal formerly known as Flood — now called the Mahon Tribunal — has also shown that the ground in which greed is planted can determine whether it flourishes.

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Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has rejected suggestions that the resignation of the chairman of the Flood Tribunal was sparked by the Government's negative attitude to the tribunal.

Frank Dunlop has told the Flood tribunal he first established contact with politicians in relation to planning in 1990.

Former government press secretary Frank Dunlop has told the Flood tribunal that he was known to every councillor in Dublin during the early 1990s.

Former government press secretary Frank Dunlop will face more questions about alleged payments to politicians when he returns to the Flood tribunal later today.

Former Government press secretary Frank Dunlop has accepted that he was involved in corrupt practices during the Dublin planning process in the 1990s.

Legal teams for Senator Don Lydon, Liam Cosgrave and the late Tom Hand have raised objections about evidence given by Frank Dunlop at the Flood Tribunal today.

Former political lobbyist Frank Dunlop has told the Flood Tribunal that former Fianna Fail TD Liam Lawlor told him money would have to be paid to councillors to secure the rezoning of land in Carrickmines in south Dublin in 1991.

Former political lobbyist Frank Dunlop is due back in the witness stand at the Flood Tribunal today.

The Flood Tribunal will today complete the opening statement of its latest phase investigating rezoning decisions made by Dublin councillors.

Disgraced TD Liam Lawlor and reclusive businessman Jim Kennedy were at the centre of two property companies that allegedly paid £30,000 in bribes to councillors, the Flood Tribunal was told yesterday.

The Flood Tribunal has heard that political lobbyist Frank Dunlop was offered a £250,000 payment in 1997 if he could secure the rezoning of land in Carrickmines, Co Dublin, owned by the mysterious company Jackson Way.

The Flood Tribunal has been told that the final route of the M50 in South Dublin was moved several times to benefit the owners of the Jackson Way lands at Carrickmines.

The Flood Tribunal will continue to hear the opening statement of the next phase in it’s investigation today.

The Flood Tribunal has revealed that 13 matters will be investigated during its coming phase, including rezoning decisions relating to 20 parcels of land in Carrickmines, Co Dublin.

The Flood Tribunal has turned down an application by counsel for former TD, Liam Cosgrave Junior, seeking all details of allegations made by Frank Dunlop regarding payments to politicians.

The Flood tribunal has been told that payments to former TD Liam Cosgrave Junior from Frank Dunlop were for election purposes only and not for re-zoning motions.

The next phase of the planning and payments tribunal formally resumes at Dublin castle later this morning.

LITTLE wonder that Frank Dunlop, the man who has admitted paying a host of councillors cash for re-zoning votes, has been dubbed ‘the canary’ by many attending the Flood Tribunal.

DISGRACED former minister Ray Burke could face a tax bill of up to several million euro in relation to corrupt payments from property developers.