Former FF councillors on trial for corruption

FOUR former Fianna Fáil councillors and businessman Jim Kennedy are to face a criminal trial on charges of planning corruption related to the rezoning of lands in Carrickmines, Co Dublin, during the 1990s.

The three retired politicians and a current member of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, as well as Mr Kennedy, appeared before Dublin District Court yesterday as a result of an investigation by the Criminal Assets Bureau.

The four former Dublin County Councillors – Don Lydon, Seán Gilbride, Tony Fox and Colm McGrath – all pleaded not guilty to the charges when arrested and cautioned by CAB officials, the court heard.