Lawlor 'spending six times more' than he claimed

The Planning Tribunal has heard that former Fianna Fáil TD Liam Lawlor is currently spending around €13,000-a-month, despite claiming that he could not afford to co-operate with the tribunal's investigations.

Yesterday, Mr Lawlor claimed that he had only spent around €15,000 since the beginning of this year and the tribunal asked him to produce evidence to support this claim.