Many will survive the Flood

SECURING successful prosecutions against Flood Tribunal witnesses for corruption may prove difficult despite the inquiry’s damning findings.

The Director for Public Prosecutions is studying the report and it will be up to him to press charges in the months ahead.

But antiquated Irish laws on corruption, the main body of which date back to 1889, 1906 and 1916, state that a corrupt act is where an office holder took a bribe in return for doing an act.