Mahon Report exposes murky trail of planning corruption

The publication of the final chapter of the Mahon Report yesterday shines another light on the corrupt nature of how planning decisions were arrived at, writes Michael Clifford

THE publication of the final chapter of the Mahon Report yesterday closes one door on the past, but could open another: In years to come, some bright spark may well design a “corruption” tour of Dublin. It could show the places of note where the future of a city and its million-plus inhabitants was decided in the 1990s.

Functioning democracies deal with these matters in a chamber of elected representatives. The Dunlop Trail, however, would be far more exciting than that.