State board appointments clean-up long overdue - The Irish Times - Sat, Jun 05, 2010

State board appointments clean-up long overdue - The Irish Times - Sat, Jun 05, 2010: "Then, in 1926, widespread corruption and bribery in local appointments, going back to the period when councils had been dominated by the Irish Parliamentary Party, was brought to an end when the Local Appointments Commission was established"?