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Tribunal after tribunal - never any prosecutions? Or are there?

  • 13-01-2011 2:31pm
    #1
    tightropetom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 283 ✭✭


    I'm not from a legal background so excuse the silly question, but over the past 2 decades we have had millions spent (wasted) on tribunals into corruption, church abuse, various other things which all conclude that wrongdoing has occurred, so why do we never see any convictions after them?

    The biggest examples are obviously politics and the church, where named individuals are alleged/adjudged to have acted improperly but yet nothing seems to happen.

    Why is this?


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  • #2
    Dannyboy83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,236 ✭✭✭Dannyboy83


    IIRC, Ray burke was convicted of corruption and jailed as a result of the Flood Tribunal.

    I've heard that some of the Tribunals actually made a profit, but I can't back that up, sorry.


  • #3
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,243 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    Dannyboy83 wrote: »
    IIRC, Ray burke was convicted of corruption and jailed as a result of the Flood Tribunal.

    I've heard that some of the Tribunals actually made a profit, but I can't back that up, sorry.

    how would they make a profit?


  • #4
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 41,239 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    I presume that the logic seemingly here is that they would recover money from tax dodgers; not sure how we could make a profit on any of the Catholic inquirys though given that we've promised to bail them out as long as the Catholic Church pays compensation of €128 million (which they haven't yet done!).

    Anyhow the tribunal's job is not to make money but to get truth. They wouldn't have cost half as much if those being questioned were up front from the start.


  • #5
    the groutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,096 ✭✭✭✭the groutch


    tribunals are nothing more than a chance for politicians to line the pockets of their solicitor/barrister friends


  • #6
    Dannyboy83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,236 ✭✭✭Dannyboy83


    godtabh wrote: »
    how would they make a profit?

    Tax liabilities/Fines/Recovered assets etc.


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  • #7
    mgmt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,361 ✭✭✭mgmt


    Has anyone heard of the Smithwick Tribunal? You never hear about it on the news. I only know about from passing the building. Its still ongoing after 5 years.

    http://www.smithwicktribunal.ie/smithwick/HOMEPAGE.html

    How many more of these ghost tribunals is there?

    The US completed a 9/11 Commission in under 2 years.


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