Time to get serious on corruption

During the 1980s and the 1990s - and very likely before then - planning corruption was rife in Co Dublin, and almost certainly elsewhere as well. We know this because a tribunal of inquiry spent 12 years finding it out and presenting it to us.

Frank Dunlop, a pivotal figure in the purchase of public duties for private gain, has admitted his corruption; other public representatives have admitted (they often had no choice) ...