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# corruption - Wednesday 5 December, 2012
# corruption - Saturday 3 November, 2012
Aaron McKenna: Should we turn off the tap of Irish aid to other countries?
So €4m in Irish aid may have been misappropriated in Uganda. Can we afford to keep giving – or can we afford to stop?
# corruption - Thursday 25 October, 2012
Ireland failing to tackle corruption, claims report
Media plurality, a regulator for charities and transparency in how people are appointed to State bodies all issues highlighted by Transparency International Ireland.
# corruption - Wednesday 17 October, 2012

Supreme Court: allegations of ministerial corruption should not be struck out on a technicality
Chief Justice Denham said it is a matter of public interest as to whether Michael Lowry corrupted a State process.
# corruption - Tuesday 16 October, 2012
European health commissioner John Dalli resigns over lobbying allegations
The EU’s anti-fraud office has begun investigations into whether Dalli was open to lobbying and bribery on tobacco plans.
# corruption - Tuesday 2 October, 2012
Pope's ex-butler to take the stand in leaks trial today
Paolo Gabriele, 46, faces up to four years in prison if he is convicted of aggravated theft in the worst security breach in the Vatican’s recent history.
# corruption - Wednesday 29 August, 2012
Ukraine: Jailed ex-PM Tymoshenko loses appeal
A judicial panel found that the former Prime Minister had no grounds to appeal her corruption conviction.
# corruption - Saturday 28 July, 2012
Two PSNI officers arrested following 'corruption' investigation
Five other officers from the same Co Tyrone team have been repositioned.
# corruption - Monday 23 July, 2012
Kenny promises new political corruption laws, with up to 10-year jail terms
The Taoiseach says the government has accepted a Mahon recommendation to legislate against political corruption.
# corruption - Sunday 22 July, 2012
Corruption and the Catholic Church up for discussion at MacGill Summer School
Government ministers, journalists and academics will be speaking at the 32nd MacGill Summer School which starts tonight in Donegal.
# corruption - Saturday 21 July, 2012
86 per cent of Irish people believe corruption is a major problem
Some 36 per cent of respondents said they believed they were personally affected by corruption in their daily lives, according to the latest report by the Standards in Public Office Commission.
# corruption - Tuesday 10 July, 2012
Former Israeli Prime Minister cleared of corruption
However, Ehud Olmert was convicted on the lesser charge of “breach of trust” regarding favours he granted to a colleague.
# corruption - Thursday 21 June, 2012
Former Romanian Prime Minister shoots and wounds himself
Former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase shot himself hours after it was ruled that he must serve a two-year prison sentence on corruption charges.
# corruption - Thursday 7 June, 2012
Column: Corruption has played a starring role in Ireland's economic crisis
The countries suffering the most from the economic turmoil in Europe all have major problems with corruption, writes Nuala Haughey.
# corruption - Tuesday 5 June, 2012
Barrister whose ad led to Mahon Tribunal nominated to the High Court
Colm MacEochaidh, a former Fine Gael general election candidate, has been nominated to the High Court by the government.
US terminates funding for Pakistani Sesame Street
The US has withdrawn its $20 million funding for the programme amid reports of corruption.
# corruption - Saturday 2 June, 2012
Tardelli: There's no way Italy will withdraw from Euro 2012
Ireland’s assistant manager is calling ‘shenanigans’ on his former Juventus team-mate, Cesare Prandelli.
Taking a Punt: Art takes on corruption and recession
New art exhibition explores Ireland’s economic collapse and its shaky future in the euro…
# corruption - Tuesday 29 May, 2012
A butler, a cardinal and the Pope: Vatileaks scandal deepens
There may be jobs lost and careers ruined as Italian media implicates a cardinal in the ongoing investigation.
# corruption - Monday 21 May, 2012
The Daily Fix: Monday
Your nightly round-up of the day’s biggest news stores…
# corruption - Saturday 19 May, 2012
Family of murdered private investigator to meet police over case collapse
Police corruption has been linked to the failure to convict anyone for the murder of Daniel Morgan in 1987.
# corruption - Friday 18 May, 2012
No comment from Fine Gael as Fred Forsey found guilty in corruption trial
The former Fine Gael town councillor was found guilty of corruptly accepting payments totalling €80,000 at a court in Waterford today.
Jury to begin deliberations in John Edwards case
The former US presidential candidate is on trial for six corruption charges related to his White House run in 2008.
# corruption - Tuesday 8 May, 2012
Column: Cronyism and corruption – one quick change would help fight them
It would be swift work to repeal the 2003 Freedom of Information Act, but it could have far-reaching consequences, writes Donal Ó Brolcháin.
# corruption - Friday 4 May, 2012
Designer testifies at John Edwards trial over donations from 101-year-old
The former US presidential candidate denies using campaign donations from the elderly millionaire to cover up his pregnant mistress.
# corruption - Friday 27 April, 2012
Column: 'The press is becoming the battleground for thought control'
Nobody is investing in newspapers for profit any more, writes Michael McDowell. Instead, it’s driven by political and editorial control and influence.
# corruption - Thursday 26 April, 2012
Liam Cosgrave faces corruption trial as appeal dismissed by Supreme Court
The former Fine Gael TD is accused of receiving corrupt payments from developer Frank Dunlop and the Chief Justice ruled that a trial would be in the public interest.
# corruption - Monday 16 April, 2012
The 9 worst councils in Ireland's planning system
An Taisce has rated planning systems in 34 city and county councils. Nine of them got an ‘F’ grade.
# corruption - Saturday 14 April, 2012
Howlin promises a 'root and branch' reform of ethics legislation
Meanwhile, Joan Burton has asked delegates for patience in seeing through welfare reforms.
# corruption - Sunday 8 April, 2012
# corruption - Saturday 7 April, 2012
Fine Gael chair says Mahon could chair 'anti-corruption commission'
Charlie Flanagan has called for the setting-up of an anti-corruption commission in the wake of the Mahon Tribunal findings.
# corruption - Wednesday 4 April, 2012
Commission will not strip Flynn's pension before court ruling
Current commissioner Maros Sefcovic says Padraig Flynn’s pension may be stripped, but only after he is convicted of an offence.
# corruption - Tuesday 3 April, 2012
Column: Did you hear the one about the developer, the banker and the politician?
Former trader Nick Leeson on bidding wars at boom-time black-tie balls… and how someone saw fit to flick the over-ride switch so the excess could continue.
# corruption - Sunday 1 April, 2012
What WOULD it take for a politician to lose their pension?
We take a closer look at the legislation proposed to be amended to allow Oireachtas members be stripped of their pensions if they are guilty of corruption.
# corruption - Wednesday 28 March, 2012
Column: The Mahon Tribunal failed - and the media did too
Michael Smith, one of the two men whose offer of a reward for information about planning corruption led to the Mahon Tribunal, explains why the investigation was a damp squib.
WATCH: Day 2 of the Dáil debate on the Mahon report
The Dáil resumes its discussions of the findings of the inquiry into political corruption in the planning process.
6 politicians who have got in hot water and 2 who escaped unscathed (maybe)
Irish politcians have been hitting the headlines with their less than kosher dealings.. how do they match up to these international wheelers and dealers?