Top FF figures knew of Flynn £50k

Many people in the upper echelons of Fianna Fáil, including then taoiseach Albert Reynolds, were aware of a £50,000 donation to former minister Pádraig Flynn which was never put in Fianna Fáil’s coffers.

The tribunal also agreed that Mr Flynn received the cheque from developer Tom Gilmartin in Apr 1989 to “ease or remove obstacles” in relation to Gilmartin’s planned Quarryvale development.

A large portion of the £50,000 was used to fund the purchase of a farm in Co Mayo, a farm which was bought in Mrs Dorothy Flynn’s name.