Lawyers claim Lawlor link to Coolamber deal

Lawyers for the Mahon Tribunal have claimed former Fianna Fáil TD Liam Lawlor, businessman Jim Kennedy and solicitor John Caldwell were all involved in the purchase of lands at Coolamber in west Dublin in 1987.

In their opening statement ahead of a module investigating Coolamber, the lawyers said companies that held the land in the name of the three men decided not to officially record their involvement.