Cosgrave appears in court

A former leas-chathaoirleach of Seanad Eireann who failed to declare donations exceeding IR£500 has been remanded on bail for sentence by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Liam Cosgrave, 49, Merrion Park, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, who was elected to the Seanad in 1989, pleaded guilty to knowingly furnishing a falsified donation statement where he failed to declare that he had received any single donation exceeding IR£500 (€634) between May 15 and December 31, 1997.

He is son of former Taoiseach, Mr Liam Cosgrave and grandson of William T. Cosgrave who was president of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State from December 1922 to 1932.

Judge Desmond Hogan adjourned sentencing to February 27, next.