Lawlor accused of money laundering

THE Planning Tribunal chairman, Judge Alan Mahon, said evidence about Liam Lawlor’s role in creating false documentation would suggest the former TD was engaged in money laundering.

Tribunal lawyers introduced further invoices from a company based in the Czech Republic yesterday to support their theory that Mr Lawlor regularly falsified records to conceal the proceeds of property deals in Ireland.

They argue that Mr Lawlor has generated complex paper trails to disguise such payments. They believe he created several loan agreements and invoices for work as a property consultant in Britain and the Czech Republic to allow him bring offshore funds back to Ireland.