FF councillor paid for rezoning, says Dunlop

THE political lobbyist Frank Dunlop has told the Flood Tribunal that he believed Fianna Fáil councillor Tony Fox paid party colleagues to support rezoning motions.

Mr Dunlop told the planning inquiry yesterday Cllr Fox had indicated on a number of occasions he would "look after others" in relation to votes at council meetings. Mr Dunlop said he took the phrase to mean Cllr Fox was remunerating colleagues.

The former Government press secretary was being questioned yesterday about his efforts to get 47 acres of land at Carrickmines in south Dublin rezoned by Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council in 1997.