Tribunal fees issue is just a red herring

THE issue of fees earned by those involved in the Mahon Tribunal has received much coverage in the media of late, with an underlying theme that they are the main benefactors of the whole process. This is surely a ploy to undermine the work being carried out by the tribunal, which is to investigate the monies paid to various public figures in the dark and distant past.

This process was set up by the political classes in an effort to reassure the public that nothing untoward was taking place within their clandestine domain.

For a change, democracy worked and the will of the people overcame the self-interest of their representatives who hardly wanted any prying into their ways and means of getting things done.