About

This website is an ongoing effort to organise and filter the volume of allegations and reports concerning corruption coming out of Ireland. It was set up as a result of disenchantment with the failure of successive Irish governments to deal adequately with corruption.

Public Inquiry is an entirely pro bono project, receiving no funding whatever from any source, besides that of running it’s website – a cost met by it’s founders. It is operated by concerned citizens who receive no money for their effort, citizens who simply wish to create a valuable resource for the Irish public. We aim to foster debate and discourse both on and offline.

The people writing are not members of any politcal party, nor do they have any party affiliation. This website is not about political views or agendas, it is about understanding and discussing the corruption that appears to be pervasive in our society.

If you have any question in relation to the content, or have any information about an issue you are concerned about feel free to contact. However, there are some rules to emailing and commenting, to borrow from Dan Drezner:

The feedback policy is simple:

1) Every e-mail sent about the blog and every comment posted on the blog is read.

2) We won’t necessarily reply to every e-mail message or respond to every posted query.

3) We’re truly sorry for the non-responses.

4) Unless otherwise indicated, we will not attribute any quote from any email on the blog.

5) When it comes to the comments feature, remember that we control the horizontal and the vertical. Moderation is in
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  1. Gareth Roberts’s avatar

    Gareth Roberts on October 28, 2009 at 2:11 am

    Great site!

  2. Galway Tent’s avatar

    Galway Tent on November 5, 2009 at 9:42 pm

    Poolbeg Incinerator

    Draw your own conclusions from this apparent extortion attempt by the hierarchy at Dublin City Council:

    Dublin City Council has insisted the project will go ahead, warning that if it pulls out of a contract with private companies Covanta and DONG to develop the facility the taxpayer will lose millions of euro in a breach of contract lawsuit.

    The public-servants’ pensions are protected from any penalties which may be caused by the curious contract.

    http://galwaytent.blogspot.com/2009/11/attempted-extortion-of-public-by-dublin.html

  3. Gav’s avatar

    Gav on February 2, 2010 at 5:13 pm

    Great site,

    Myself and a couple of friends have been considering setting up a site which just has the name of everyone politician in the Dail with links to every corruption\ethical\stupidity story related to them.

    And I see on your site you have a categories drop down where you can select Charlie Haughey or select Fianna Fail, this is very similar to the way we were talking about doing things.

    So before we start I see from your post above that “Libel rules apply”, can you tell me what they are or where I can find them?

    It’d be nice if Irish people could see at a glance, how corrupt or unethical the people they were voting for are.. come polling day people forget about national scandals and only remember the pothole that got fixed. We need to change that.

    So any tips you’ve picked up over the last few years would be welcome.

    Cheers,
    Gav

  4. Thomas’s avatar

    Thomas on April 4, 2010 at 11:36 pm

    Let me add my admiration to your efforts to bring to light the corruption and incompetence of our political masters
    and wish you the very best in you endeavour !
    Machholz

  5. Ronan Gallagher’s avatar

    Ronan Gallagher on October 6, 2011 at 2:58 pm

    It’s a pity our mainstream media have not the cahones to pursue these corrupt politicians and those who corrupt them with money and gifts. Is there any truth in the story that Vincent Brown sought funds or investment from Charlie Haughey to save one of his failing publications?

  6. Philip O'Neill’s avatar

    Philip O'Neill on December 7, 2011 at 11:44 am

    The following is a contribution of mine from the Examiner. I note you have included a more recent effort. I have written numerous items in same vein for the Independent. I was so pleased to find your website.

    Friday, December 03, 2010
    THE greatest damage done to Ireland by our leaders has been the death of shame and trust. The financial bankruptcy of our country has been matched by the moral bankruptcy of those we trusted to lead us.
    The shameless misuse of our nation’s finances is evident particularly in the exorbitant pensions and golden handshakes enjoyed by, for example, the Justice Minister and Bertie Ahern who has been outlandishly rewarded for leading the country into near destitution. Ireland’s enemy is no longer England but the enemy in our midst — those politicians and bankers who have been driven by blind ambition and greed, operating in a world of crass acquisitiveness. Though there is enough amiss in Ireland to fire a revolution, the ordinary decent citizens of Ireland are tolerant beyond belief. They can only hope that the next generation will redeem our country from the darkness that has descended on their lives.

    The decline in public morality began when Charles Haughey came amongst us. Here was a man who almost made a virtue of appropriating the countries resources through every available means of chicanery in order to feed his vanity. He was followed by a series of leaders who seemed to have taken Haughey as a role model and like him nurtured their worst instincts, vying with one another in feathering their own nests at the expense of the country. Cronyism, and sheer brass neck are at the heart of the country’s present woes. Yet there is not a single apologetic voice nor the vaguest acknowledgement that we have experienced a generation of politicians who have failed to honour the trust placed in them.

    Who can we trust? The banks, once the symbol of security and trust, were up to their ears in dubious practices and played a leading role in the current debacle. The leaders of the church had betrayed the trust of our children and only when pressurised admitted that they had failed in their duty of care.

    One can only hope that the preoccupation with the restoration of the economy will not distract us from the equally urgent task of restoring our people’s trust in those who lead them.

    Philip O’Neill
    Edith Road
    Oxford
    England

    Read more: http://www.examiner.ie/opinion/letters/death-of-trust-a-terrible-blow-138284.html#ixzz1fqOeCyEU