Official surprised at speed of licence announcement
Mr Towey worked through the night of October 24, 1995 to make sure the final report was ready but the former communication's minister informed the Taoiseach and other leaders of the Fine Gael-led Rainbow Coalition without seeing the document.
"It all happened very, very quickly," said Brussels-based Mr Towey, who acted as full-time co-ordinator of the project team that evaluated the six GSM2 contenders eight years ago.
