The
Tribunal of Inquiry Into Certain Planning Matters and Payments , commonly known as the
Mahon Tribunal after the name of its last chairman, was a
public inquiry in
Ireland established by
Dáil Éireann in 1997 to investigate allegations of
corrupt payments to politicians regarding political decisions. It mostly investigated
planning permissions and
land rezoning issues in the 1990s in the
Dublin County Council area. Judge
Alan Mahon was the final chair of the
tribunal and its other members were Judge Mary Faherty and Judge Gerald Keys. The original Chairman, who was the sole member until just before his retirement, was Judge Feargus Flood, giving rise to the original common name of the
Flood Tribunal.