Mahon Tribunal Q and A
A. Corruption. Politicians being bought off in Dublin land deals by developers and speculators. Labour minister Joan Burton raised concerns over a cash for votes scandal as far back as the 1990s and has since warned how councillors were used as voting fodder. The final module focused on Quarryvale — land on which the Liffey Valley Shopping Centre sits near Lucan, west Dublin — and subsequently the sometimes bizarre private finances of senior politicians.