Claims and counter claims of corruption probe

THE opening statement of the Moriarty Tribunal’s latest module investigating the awarding of the country's second mobile phone licence has revealed the following information, claims and counterclaims.

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.