Claims and counter claims of corruption probe
March 2, 1995: Fine Gael Communications Minister Michael Lowry announced a competition for a second mobile phone licence to be assessed by a Project Group of civil servants and consultants, independent of Mr Lowry.
Six contestants enter the race and six months later Denis O'Brien's Esat Digifone got the licence.
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