Dunlop was ‘under siege’ for bribes

POLITICAL lobbyist Frank Dunlop was “under siege” from councillors demanding money in the run-up to the 1991 local elections, the Flood Tribunal heard yesterday.

Mr Dunlop has told the inquiry that elected members of Dublin County Council actively sought cash in return for their support of rezoning motions: “The local elections were just around the corner. Without being dramatic about it, I was under siege for money from a wide range of politicians, mostly councillors I was dealing with on an almost daily basis.”

On his third day of evidence, Mr Dunlop described meetings with councillors he has admitted bribing in return for their votes on a controversial rezoning motion on lands in Carrickmines, Co Dublin, in 1992.