The Flood tribunal has been running for a long time but many of those who were called before it wanted to thwart its investigations and to terminate it as quickly as possible because they were afraid of the revelations that might emerge. It took more than six months for the Government to appoint the extra judges requested by Mr. Justice Flood. Was it not convenient and timely that this was so? The Fianna Fáil-PD Administration must have breathed a sigh of relief when the findings were published in June and not prior to the general election. What would the public have thought if they had been published in April or May?