LIT's TUI branch passes a motion calling on the Minister for Education to set up a sworn inquiry.

May 2000:

Construction studies student Cormac O'Loughlin sits Land Surveying, Theory of Structures and Services Environmental Science papers.

June 8th 2000:

Lecturer Peter Ronan compares notes with his colleague, Michael O'Connor, about the similarity of the student's answers with model answers.

June 15th 2000:

Student is interviewed as part of the internal inquiry and admits taking model answers from the office of his father, Gerry O'Loughlin, photocopying them and replacing the original scripts.

September 8th 2000:

Examination Board suspends the student from exams for two years.

September 25th 2000:

December 2000:

136 out of 145 staff vote in favour of opting out of exam preparation for the following summer and autumn until agreement is reached on an inquiry.

January 2001:

TUI accepts the college's that the former High Court judge, Rory O'Hanlon, conducts an independent inquiry into the incident.

August 2001:

O'Hanlon report is leaked to the media.

November 2001:

Gerry O'Loughlin is suspended on full salary and the Minister for Education is requested to instigate a sworn inquiry.