Liam Lawlor ‘a key strategist’ in Quarryvale project: Dunlop

POLITICAL lobbyist Frank Dunlop claims he paid the late Liam Lawlor £153,500 during a 10-year period, the Mahon planning tribunal heard yesterday.

When payments of £36,000 made by Cork-based property developer Owen O'Callaghan are added, the total allegedly paid to Mr Lawlor between March 1991 and April 2001 amount to a minimum of £188,500.

All of these payments are to be investigated by the tribunal which is probing bribes to politicians in connection with planning matters.