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Inquiry closes its doors after 916 days and 400 witnesses
THE Mahon Tribunal, the longest running public inquiry in the history of the State has concluded its public hearings.
Truth comes at a high price for the taxpayers and politicians
THE Mahon tribunal finally closed its doors yesterday after nearly 1,000 public sittings, approximately 80 million spoken words, 400 witnesses and 130,000 pages of documents.
Advert that opened a whole can of worms
IT was an advertisement offering a £10,000 reward that was ultimately to lead to the longest-running tribunal in the history of the state.
I never took a backhander from anyone, insists Ahern
BERTIE AHERN left the Mahon Tribunal yesterday proclaiming he had never taken a bribe or a backhander from anybody in his life.
Reynolds and Ahern at odds over stadium, tribunal is told
FORMER Taoisigh Albert Reynolds and Bertie Ahern held completely opposing views about a new national stadium in Neilstown in Dublin.
Architect backs up developer's cash denial
Architect Ambrose Kelly has backed up developer Owen O'Callaghan's assertion that he never paid former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern to smooth the way for the Quarryvale development.
Judge to rule in Lawlor widow's Mahon challenge
THE High Court will rule later this month on an application by the widow of the late TD Liam Lawlor to prevent the Mahon Tribunal making findings of misconduct against herself or her husband, unless proven beyond reasonable doubt.
Developer: I had no idea Frank Dunlop was bribing politicians
FRANK Dunlop's biggest business client said yesterday he had no knowledge of the disgraced lobbyist's claims to have bribed politicians to vote for the re-zoning of Quarryvale.
Why I kicked Gilmartin's shin
THE Developer Owen O'Callaghan kicked Tom Gilmartin on the shins to stop him ranting on about "corrupt bastards, politicians being gangsters, corruption and a IR£50,000 payment to a senior politician".
'Reynolds and I didn't discuss Gilmartin's tax'
developer Owen O'Callaghan has denied using his friendship with Albert Reynolds to get the former Taoiseach to alert the UK Inland Revenue about Tom Gilmartin's tax problems.
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Columnist Comments
• Kevin Myers: Reality is indeed stranger than the maddest fiction
Alice was looking pale and sullen and her cucumber sandwiches lay uneaten before her.
• Martina Devlin: Shoppers going north are not traitors, just sensible
This time it's Brian Lenihan's turn to do his patriotic duty. When he tried to discourage us from cross-border shopping last year, on the grounds that we'd be paying "her majesty's taxes" rather than contributing to the Republic's economy, his reproach fell on deaf ears.
