Monarch blames lobbyist of ‘making up’ bribes

FORMER Monarch property company executive Richard Lynn will deny in testimony he knew lobbyist Frank Dunlop bribed councillors for their votes, the Mahon planning tribunal was told yesterday.

Monarch lawyer Mark Sanfey SC accused Mr Dunlop of “making up” his evidence as he continued to testify at the tribunal’s probe into allegations that councillors were bribed to swing planning decisions.

Mr Dunlop was being closely quizzed when the cross-examining lawyer accused him of invention in relation to three comments allegedly made by Mr Lynn, a major driver of a Monarch south Dublin project in the early 1990s.