No need for O’Rourke to give more evidence

Seán McCarthaigh

The controversial ex-politician, who is at the centre of allegations of political corruption, launched a thinly veiled attack on Ms O’Rourke’s evidence on Tuesday evening following her appearance at the inquiry on the previous day.

Mr Lawlor suggested her recollection of an alleged meeting between the developer Tom Gilmartin and a group of Fianna Fáil ministers including Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, at Leinster House in 1989 was motivated by the loss of her Dáil seat in 2002.