Developer denies concealing donations as consultancy fees

A PROPERTY developer has rejected any suggestion that his company tried to conceal political donations to Liam Lawlor by describing payments to the late TD as consultancy fees.

John Corcoran, former managing director of Green Property, told the Mahon Tribunal yesterday that two payments totalling almost £24,000 to Mr Lawlor were linked to his role as an adviser on planning matters.

The controversial politician had informed the tribunal before his death in a car crash in Moscow in October 2005 that he had got a total of around £35,000 in political donations from Green Property during his political career.