Republic of Ireland

• Arms Crisis
  Arms Crisis
  The Arms Crisis or Arms Trial was a political scandal in the Republic of Ireland in 1970, when two cabinet ministers — Charles Haughey and Neil Blaney — were sacked for allegedly attempting to illegally import arms for the Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland.-Background:The...
  
  
• Dublin and Monaghan bombings collusion controversy
  Commission of Investigation: Dublin and Monaghan Bombings 1974
  After publication of Justice Henry Barron's report on the Dublin and Monaghan bombings, the Irish Government established a follow-on Commission of Investigation: Dublin and Monaghan Bombings 1974 to inquire into certain aspects of the Gardaí investigation into the 1974 bombings on May 13, 2005...
  
  

• Journalist phone tapping scandal
  Irish phone tapping scandal (1983)
  Michael Noonan revealed on 20 January 1983 that the previous Fianna Fáil government had authorised illegal phone tapping of the journalists Geraldine Kennedy, Bruce Arnold and Vincent Browne...
  
  
• Kerry babies incident
  Kerry Babies Tribunal
  The Kerry Babies case is an unsolved murder case dating from 1984 in Kerry, Ireland, that dominated the Irish headlines for some months during that year and resulted in a public Tribunal of Inquiry into the behaviour of the Garda Síochána during the investigation.On 14 April 1984, a newborn baby...
  
  

• Iraq beef export credit insurance controversy
• Hepatitis C contamination of the blood product Anti-D controversy
• Infection of haemophiliacs with HIV and Hepatitis C from contaminated blood products
  Lindsay Tribunal
  The Lindsay Tribunal was set up in Ireland in 1999 to investigate the infection of haemophiliacs with HIV and Hepatitis C from contaminated blood products supplied by the Blood Transfusion Service Board.There are about 400 haemophiliacs in Ireland...
  
  
• Planning corruption (Mahon and Flood tribunals)
• Ben Dunne/Ansbacher controversy, see also: the Moriarty tribunal
  Moriarty Tribunal
  The Tribunal of Inquiry into certain Payments to Politicians and Related Matters was an Irish Public inquiry established in 1997 into the financial affairs of politicians Charles Haughey and Michael Lowry. It has revealed significant tax evasion by these and other politicians and leading...
  
  

• Shooting of John Carthy by the Garda ERU
  Barr Tribunal
  The Barr Tribunal was a Public Inquiry in the Republic of Ireland established by Resolutions passed by the Dáil Éireann and the Seanad Éireann on the 17 and 18 April 2002, and by Instrument entitled Tribunals of Inquiry Evidence Acts 1921 Instrument 2002 made by the Minister for Justice, Equality...
  
  
• Army deafness claims
• Haughey/Lowry corruption allegations
  Moriarty Tribunal
  The Tribunal of Inquiry into certain Payments to Politicians and Related Matters was an Irish Public inquiry established in 1997 into the financial affairs of politicians Charles Haughey and Michael Lowry. It has revealed significant tax evasion by these and other politicians and leading...
  
  
• Payments to Bertie Ahern controversy
• FÁS expenditure controversy
  2008 FÁS expenditure controversy
  The FÁS expenditure controversy is an ongoing incident in Ireland in November/December 2008 in which significant public and political outcry has been roused, and at least one senior figure of a government organisation has resigned...
  
  
• Anglo Irish Bank irregularities in loans to directors
  Anglo Irish Bank hidden loans controversy
  The Anglo Irish Bank hidden loans controversy began in the Republic of Ireland in December 2008 when the chairman of Anglo Irish Bank, Ireland's third largest bank, admitted he had hidden a total of €87 million in loans from the bank, triggering a series of incidents which led to the eventual...
  
  
• Anglo Irish Bank circular transactions controversy
• Corrib gas controversy
  Corrib gas controversy
  The Corrib gas controversy concerns plans by Shell E&P Ireland, Statoil Exploration Limited, Vermilion Energy Trust and the Irish government for processing the Corrib gas field through Broadhaven Bay and Sruth Fada Conn Bay in Kilcommon parish, Erris, County Mayo, and objections raised against...