Fine Gael’s Cosgrave may have got £19,000

EVIDENCE heard at the Flood Tribunal yesterday suggests that former Fine Gael TD Liam Cosgrave may have received up to £19,000 in seven separate payments from Frank Dunlop.

The planning inquiry has been told that Mr Cosgrave a member of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown Co Council was paid £10,000 by Mr Dunlop on behalf of two companies which owned a controversial site at Carrickmines, Co Dublin, over the past decade.

Mr Cosgrave is one of nine past and current councillors in Dublin who have all denied either seeking or receiving money from Mr Dunlop in return for their support on the development.