Architect says he never paid councillors for land rezoning

By Seán McCárthaigh

Brian O'Halloran told the Flood Tribunal yesterday that he was unaware how Mr Dunlop had spent money he had given him to act on behalf of himself and other landowners.

The tribunal also heard that tax exile Jim Kennedy was regarded by one of Mr O'Halloran's business partners as a hustler Mr O'Halloran, together with businessmen, Austin Darragh and Gerard Kilcoyne, engaged Mr Dunlop on a number of occasions during the 1990s to lobby councillors.