Why is Ireland so soft on corruption?

WE have a disheartening culture of enacting legislation but then ignoring it. 

We put all sorts of rules in place but very often don’t bother to follow that good intention with even basic policing. Very often, it is as if passing the legislation is all that is required — in constitutional terms we talk a good fight but in one instance after another, we fall short.

The Council of Europe has pointed to another instance — except in this case we didn’t even enact legislation recommended by the council three years ago to address charges of corruption among politicians, judges, or prosecutors.