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ireland.com - The Irish Times - SPECIAL: In the context of investigation into possible corruption among local representatives, it is of relevance that the minutes of Dublin County Council show that in 1989 (ref 776/89) a section 4 motion dealing with this matter was submitted by Fine Gael Councillors, Olivia Mitchell, Mary Muldoon and Martin Lynch. That motion sought to direct the City and County Manager to write to Ray Burke, T.D., the then Minister for Justice requesting him to hold a sworn public judicial inquiry into allegations of corruption. Consideration of that motion was deferred, but was subsequently (ref 834/90) proposed by Martin Lynch and seconded by Cathal Boland [Appendix II] and passed unanimously.?