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Telecom rent deal would have cost taxpayer €3m

BEN DUNNE and Michael Lowry sought to double the rent paid by the state for a property owned by Mr Dunne in a deal that would have doubled the value of the premises while leaving the taxpayer more than €3 million out of pocket.

Wed, 23 Mar, 2011

Appointments for Sherry FitzGerald

Estate agent DTZ Sherry FitzGerald has announced a number of board appointments. Dublin-based associate directors Alain Doyle, Michele Fallon and Laura Somers have been appointed directors of the commercial arm of the Sherry FitzGerald Group.

Mon, 03 May, 2004

Lowry 'tried to get €500,000 rent deal for Dunne'

FORMER minister Michael Lowry tried to get a son of former Fine Gael Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald to lean on an employee to sanction a rent increase on a property owned by Ben Dunne, the Moriarty Tribunal heard.

Thu, 17 Jul, 2003

Lowry accused of bid to get extra rent for Dunne

MICHAEL LOWRY asked the son of former Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald to intervene on behalf of Ben Dunne in rent negotiations on a building in Dublin’s north inner city, the Moriarty Tribunal heard yesterday.

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