Dunlop jail sentence ‘a warning for others’

FORMER government press secretary Frank Dunlop has been given 18 months in prison and fined €30,000 for making corrupt payments to politicians over the rezoning of land at Carrickmines in south Dublin during the 1990s.

Judge Frank O’Donnell said the public interest required that Dunlop’s offences warranted a jail term that amounted to “more than a rap on the knuckles or a token sentence”.

“Word must go out from this court that corruption by politicians or anyone in public office will attract significant penalties,” said Judge O’Donnell.