Introduction -- Why so little corruption? 1900s-1920s -- Setting standards: 1930s-1940s -- At a crossroads? 1950s-1970s -- Golden circles: 1980-1990s -- The tribunal period: 1990s-2000s -- Political funding and the legislative response: 1980s-2010 -- Political corruption in Ireland: 1922-2010
Summary
The only scholarly account of Irish corruption from 1922-2010. It empirically maps the decline in standards since Irish independence in 1922, to the loss of economic sovereignty in 2010
