Flood: Builders gave Burke house for influence

RAY BURKE took part in what amounted to a corrupt transaction when he purchased his home in North Co Dublin, the Flood Tribunal has concluded.

Mr Burke told the Tribunal he bought the Briargate property on the Malahide Road in 1973 through a normal transaction involving his own funds and fees owed to him.

But the Tribunal says he was sold the property at a price well below its market value by a company owned by builder Tom Brennan and his associates.