The Director of Public Prosecutions has decided that no charges will be brought against Michael Lowry arising from the findings of the Moriarty Tribunal.  

It marks the latest development in a saga that has stretched across 30 years, including a 13-year garda investigation resulting in a file being sent to the DPP in January last year.  To talk through what this means and how we got here is Ireland Editor of the Irish Independent, Fionnan Sheehan.