The O'Higgins Commission into alleged Garda malpractice has issued its final report - and finds no evidence of Garda corruption or criminality.
However the report has found flaws with how several crime investigations were handled by the Cavan-Monaghan division, and how the division treated the victims of crime.
It says those victims were "not best served" by the way in which those crimes were investigated by the district, although the justice minister Frances Fitzgerald says new protocols have since been introduced in those areas.
The report also appears to find no fault with the actions of either the former minister for justice Alan Shatter or the former Garda Commissioner, Martin Callinan.
Crucially, the report says that Shatter's decision to refer one individual complaint to Callinan in January 2012 was "entirely reasonable and appropriate".
This was not the finding of the earlier report from senior counsel Sean Guerin, the findings of which paved the way for Alan Shatter's resignation as minister.
The findings of today's report are now likely to raise question about the handling of the Guerin findings at the highest political levels, including by Taoiseach Enda Kenny.
The O'Higgins Commission followed claims by a Garda whistleblower, Sergeant Maurice McCabe, about the handling of several individual, named crimes in the Cavan-Monaghan division.
That in turn led to the Guerin report, which found cause for a full inquiry.
The report makes findings about the retroactive editing of records on the Garda PULSE system, to back up the failure to prosecute for certain alleged offences.
However it is found that this was not corrupt, and on the whole there are no negative findings against individuals.
Sergeant McCabe is also found to have acted "out of genuine and legitimate concerns" and had performed "a genuine public service" by raising his concerns.
In dealing with the commission, however, the sergeant withdrew allegations made against several officers ranking above him.
The only outstanding complaint of corruption was against the Garda Commissioner, Martin Callinan, over his decision to include a named superintendent on a list for promotion within the force - a decision which is vindicated by O'Higgins.
