If the Mahon Tribunal had been serious about its brief, it would have suspended its work when the Irish Times breached the confidentiality of its proceedings last year, on the grounds that its work was being compromised, until the Courts gave it adequate judicial protection.

That it did not do so, and instead continued to send out confidential documentation to up to 20 outside people, shows that it is functioning as part of a continuum with forces which have the aim of undermining good government within the Irish State.

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