Former FG TD three years late with info

LIAM COSGRAVE only gave the Flood Tribunal full details of payments he received from Frank Dunlop during his political career earlier this week — more than three years after the information was first requested.

The former Fine Gael TD also said he found nothing strange that someone with such strong associations with Fianna Fáil should want to give him £2,000 (€2,540) towards an election campaign in 1992.

The tribunal heard yesterday that Mr Cosgrave only sent the inquiry's legal team dates of the alleged political donations from Mr Dunlop on Tuesday the day he was scheduled to make his first appearance at Dublin Castle as a witness.