The Moriarty Tribunal - Findings are a challenge to us all

SO, at long, long last the Moriarty Tribunal’s report has been published.

Established in 1997 to inquire into allegations that politicians — Charles Haughey and Michael Lowry — took cash to look after the interests of various developers or to treat certain businessmen favourably, it has taken 14 years to reach a final set of conclusions which were vigorously challenged even before the ink on the report was dry.

Nevertheless, even before the findings are considered, a series of failures are infuriatingly obvious.