Lawyers for the Mahon Tribunal claimed this afternoon that the widow of Liam Lawlor did not have any legal standing to bring judicial review proceedings against it.

THE widow of Liam Lawlor TD yesterday secured leave in the High Court to legally challenge the Planning Tribunal.

POLITICAL lobbyist Frank Dunlop claims he paid the late Liam Lawlor £153,500 during a 10-year period, the Mahon planning tribunal heard yesterday.

The widow, son and brother of the late Liam Lawlor are reportedly set to appear as witnesses at the Mahon Tribunal.

DEMANDS for a press watchdog to rein-in “sensationalist reporting” intensified last night after the way Liam Lawlor’s death was covered in some newspapers provoked outrage.

THE widow of Liam Lawlor was last night considering apologies from two senior executives of the newspaper that published the most prominent false account of her husband’s death amid public furore at reports he died in the company of a teenage prostitute.