MONARCH Properties made mystery payments of £21,500 around the time it secured vital rezoning of its south Dublin lands, the Mahon Planning Tribunal heard yesterday.

EX-JUNIOR health minister Chris Flood (FF) told the Mahon Planning Tribunal yesterday he was offered an inducement to support a development project while a member of Dublin County Council.

FORMER Monarch Properties development company executive Eddie Sweeney firmly denied at the Mahon Tribunal yesterday he was aware lobbyist Frank Dunlop was going to bribe councillors.