Property developer Owen O'Callaghan has accused the late Fine Gael Councillor Tom Hand of seeking £250,000 punt in return for planning favours.

POLITICAL lobbyist Frank Dunlop was “under siege” from councillors demanding money in the run-up to the 1991 local elections, the Flood Tribunal heard yesterday.

FIANNA Fáil senator Don Lydon actively sought a £5,000 bribe from political lobbyist Frank Dunlop, the Flood Tribunal heard yesterday.

FIANNA FÁIL are standing by underfire Senator Don Lydon, despite allegations that he sought a £5,000 bribe to support a controversial rezoning.

IF it took the Flood Tribunal almost four years to determine the purpose of three separate payments to just one politician, Ray Burke, how long will it need to examine allegations that Frank Dunlop alone paid out almost £300,000 to dozens of councillors in the early 1990s?