THAT former Taoiseach Charles J Haughey was a corrupting presence at the heart of the body politic is a long-established fact, but the true extent of his debasing influence has finally come to light in the damning first report of the Moriarty Tribunal.

The Moriarty Tribunal has rejected the late Charles Haughey's claims that he knew little about his personal finances.

THE Revenue Commissioners have netted over €420 million from tax cheats so far this year.

The murky financial dealings of former Taoiseach Charles J Haughey have long fuelled the political rumour mill and led to the setting up of two state tribunals.

FORMER CRH chief executive Tony Barry told the Moriarty Tribunal yesterday he was oblivious of the financial relationship between the group’s deceased chairman, Des Traynor, and former Taoiseach Charles Haughey.

A BRITISH minerals expert yesterday defended his valuation of a State-owned sand and gravel property in Co Wicklow, sold privately to the Roadstone company in 1990 for £1.25 million (€1.58m).

FORMER senior Roadstone executives told the Moriarty Tribunal yesterday there was no evidence of political interference when the company privately bought State lands in Co Wicklow that contained large sand and gravel deposits 15 years ago.

THE Moriarty Tribunal yesterday gave details of its latest probe into possible links between former Taoiseach Charles J Haughey and the private sale of State lands in Wicklow to the Roadstone company.

WHEN Charles Haughey was elected leader of Fianna Fáil on December 7, 1979, he had a dark secret.

THE unusually tough stance adopted by the Environmental Protection Agency in the Roadstone dumping controversy will be welcomed up and down the country, especially in scenic areas where cowboy operators have been tipping waste for years.

WHEN Denis Foley’s name appeared in Revenue’s list of settlements made by tax defaulters there was an air of inevitability to it; almost weariness.

ALMOST €34 million has been collected as a result of the State’s long-running investigation into the controversial Ansbacher deposits.

APART from having significant funds siphoned off in illegal bank accounts, disgraced Limerick TD Michael Collins and former Kerry North TD Denis Foley had another thing in common - silence.

IT is ironic that America’s global assault on terrorism, involving the hunting down of assets held

CHARLES HAUGHEY is to be grilled again by the Moriarty Tribunal despite his deteriorating health, it emerged yesterday.

IN the wake of Ansbacher, as the probe for other secret tax scams intensifies, the public has been left with a deep sense of unease over the perceived lack of probity in the labyrinthine world of Irish finance.

SOME individuals who narrowly escaped inclusion in the Ansbacher lists may still face probes on suspicion of tax evasion or other wrongdoing.

The Dail is to be recalled on Thursday for a day to discuss the report into suspected tax evasion through the Ansbacher bank.

A long-awaited report into the biggest financial and political scandal to hit Ireland was published today, exposing the names of 200 clients who held accounts with a ‘‘sham’’ bank.

The Moriarty Tribunal has heard of yet another conflict of evidence given by Charles Haughey.

The Moriarty Tribunal has heard that former Taoiseach Charles Haughey spent over £3m in 11 years.

The boss of the Smurfit empire has directly contradicted evidence given to the Moriarty Tribunal by former Taoiseach Charles Haughey.