"I am pleased to put this chapter behind me. This welcome decision of the DPP supports my position throughout that the evidence to support such claims of criminal wrongdoing never existed."
"However well-intentioned they may have been at one point in history; Tribunals of Inquiry have proven to be a desperately flawed (and I believe desperately unfair) means of investigating matters of this nature in this country."
"I welcome the decision of the independent Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions directing that there are to be no criminal proceedings pursued in relation to the matters contained in the Moriarty Tribunal report."
Mr O'Brien welcomed the Director of Public Prosecutions' decision to pursue no criminal proceedings regarding matters from the Moriarty Tribunal report. He expressed gratitude to An Garda Síochána for their thorough investigation and to the DPP for their detailed consideration. O'Brien strongly criticized Tribunals of Inquiry as flawed and unfair mechanisms for investigating matters, stating they failed to serve their intended purpose. He acknowledged the difficulty of Justice Michael Moriarty's task but noted his own experience involved questionable elements. This decision follows a similar statement from Tipperary TD Michael Lowry on Tuesday. The Moriarty Tribunal, established in 1997, examined payments to former taoiseach Charles Haughey and then-Fine Gael TD Lowry.
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