Lydon lawyers insist on alibi over payments

Seán McCárthaigh

Senator Lydon's barrister, Seamus Ó Tuathail SC, dramatically revealed to the Flood Tribunal yesterday that his client believed he had proof which would undermine Mr Dunlop's evidence to the inquiry.

Mr Dunlop has claimed Mr Lydon a psychologist at the St John of God hospital in Stillorgan, Co Dublin asked him for £5,000 in return for signing a motion to rezone lands owned by Paisley Park at Carrickmines in 1992. Mr Lydon acknowledges the payments but insists they were legitimate political donations.