Arlington director: Payments to Lawlor were consultant fees

The managing director of Arlington Properties has told the Mahon Tribunal that payments the company made to former Fianna Fáil TD Liam Lawlor were consultancy fees and not political donations.

Mr Lawlor has claimed the payments were political donations, but Raymond Mould said today that Arlington was not in the business of making political donations and had never given one to an Irish politician.