Haughey's financial dealings mired in controversy

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.

His money-spinning plans for Temple Bar and the dilapidated Dublin docklands backed up by deals to kickstart the economy made him a hero in many people’s eyes, but revelations of crooked financial dealings dogged his final years.