Dunlop says practice was widespread

FRANK DUNLOP admitted yesterday he should have smelt the rot at the core of key planning decisions in the 1990s.

The former government press secretary told the Flood Tribunal he had thought long and hard in recent times about his involvement in the vote-buying practices he alleges were widespread among Dublin county councillors over the past decade.

But asked if had not seen anything wrong with facilitating deals with councillors he alleges were more interested in financial gain than proper planning, he said he had not.