Lawlor ‘used British lawyer to hide £100,000 land payment’

LIAM LAWLOR used a solicitor’s firm in London to shelter the proceeds of money from the sale of his land in Dublin three years ago, lawyers for the Planning Tribunal claimed yesterday.

The inquiry also heard further evidence that the former Fianna Fáil TD for Dublin West attempted to hide his control of a company registered in the Czech Republic, through which thousands of euro passed.

English solicitor Tony Seddon said that stg£100,000 from a company owned by Irish property developer Michael Whelan was paid into a client account with his legal practice in London on the instructions of Mr Lawlor.