Baby Homes Commission: Report date must not be missed again

The Moriarty Tribunal, into certain ‘Payments to Politicians and Related Matters’, was established in 1997 and took nearly 14 years to reach its conclusions — and even after that decade-plus commitment to thoroughness some of its findings remain contested and are still the subject of Supreme Court proceedings.

Though it’s almost eight years since that tribunal finally published its conclusions, in March 2011, something that might look vaguely like an appropriate response from our justice system is awaited.