Tribunal to rule on Kennedy refusal to attend

THE Flood Tribunal will decide next week if it will take further legal action against the businessman, Jim Kennedy, over his failure to appear as a witness at the inquiry yesterday.

The controversial tax exile is believed to have been one of the main movers in attempts by property owners in South Dublin to bribe politicians during the 1990s.

Frank Dunlop has alleged that Mr Kennedy paid him £25,000 in 1992 to give to nine councillors in return for support of a motion to have over 100 acres at Carrickmines rezoned from agricultural to industrial use.