Mahon Tribunal Q and A

Fifteen years after the longest running inquiry into political corruption in Ireland was established, its final findings have been published.

Q. So, what was it all about?

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.