Councillor is advised to reconsider evidence

FIANNA FÁIL councillor Tony Fox has been advised by the Flood Tribunal to reconsider his evidence over the weekend after members of the tribunal suggested some of his answers to the inquiry have defied common sense.

The tribunal heard yesterday Mr Fox lodged £2,000 to his bank account in June, 1992 three weeks after Mr Dunlop alleges he paid him the same amount as a bribe.

It also emerged Mr Fox, who represents the Dundrum area on Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown Co Council, proposed a motion to assist the development of a golf club on behalf of a property company which had no beneficial interest in the project.

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