'Seriously' in what context?Does anybody take this Tribunal seriously after their "private and confidential" summons to The Irish Times editor was faxed to the front desk for all to see?
That's not in their remit, their job is to investigate allegations of corruption, their info is then acted upon by the revenue and cab. Unfortunately, both parties cannot act until the completion of an interim report dealing with that module. The tribunal is constantly stymied in trying to investigate and report by the parties under investigation, one only has to look at yesterdays high court case which the tribunal won, the taking of that case effectively stopped the investigation of the liffeyvalley shopping centre designation for almost a year (this is always going to happen when the parties on one side, ie developers have amongst the deepest pockets in the land).I'd take these tribunals far more seriously if I saw the transgressors being arrested, prosecuted and jailed. Until that happens, I view them as a complete waste of money.
what about Deputy Treacy's, excuse on the radio today... it was early in the morning