Swift action to back up findings ‘vital’

SWIFT action by the authorities is required to back up the strong and lucid report of Mr Justice Feargus Flood, spokespeople across the range of political parties argued yesterday.

There was a consensus among all the parties that the report which found that corrupt payments had been made to former Dublin assistant manager George Redmond was conclusive and specific in its findings.

However, some senior politicians privately expressed concern that little seemed to have been done by the authorities on foot of the second interim report, published 14 months ago in September 2002.