Senator ‘did not care who cheques were from’

A FIANNA FÁIL senator under investigation by the Flood Tribunal said he would take money from anybody, with the possible exception of gangsters, in order to get elected.

Senator Don Lydon said he did not care whether cheques came from business people, developers or the Orange Order if it helped him retain his senate and county council seats.

"If it came from maybe The Monk or some gangster, you wouldn't take it," he said but otherwise, he had no problems accepting funds from any source and admitted: "I don't know who I got the money from half the time."