Councillor got £4,500 from developers

PLANNING tribunal chairman Judge Alan Mahon yesterday criticised a former Fianna Fáil councillor for giving the impression he got no payments from developers.

Records show Ned Ryan received £4,500 from Monarch Properties between June 1991 and March 1996. Initially a member of Dublin County Council, he joined Fingal County Council in 1994.

Mr Ryan denied receiving payments when queried by both the tribunal and a 2000 Fianna Fáil probe, his party’s internal investigation sparked by lobbyist Frank Dunlop’s claims he bribed Dublin councillors.