Cosgrave denies conspiring with Dunlop to mislead inquiry

FORMER Fine Gael TD Liam Cosgrave has denied conspiring with Frank Dunlop to mislead the Flood Tribunal by claiming any bribes he received from the political lobbyist were legitimate political donations.

Cosgrave denies conspiring with Dunlop to mislead inquiry

Mr Cosgrave yesterday rejected any suggestions that he had made an agreement with Mr Dunlop to categorise all such payments as election contributions.

“That didn’t happen, I’m telling you,” said Mr Cosgrave during his fourth day in the witness box at Dublin Castle. He has denied receiving a series of bribes from Mr Dunlop during the 1990s in return for his support of the rezoning of lands owned at Carrickmines, Co Dublin, by two associated offshore companies, Paisley Park and Jackson Way Properties.

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