Former FF minister 'offered bribe for planning favours'

A former junior minister has told the Planning Tribunal that he was offered a bribe to vote in favour of planning applications in the 1990s.

Former FF minister 'offered bribe for planning favours'

A former junior minister has told the Planning Tribunal that he was offered a bribe to vote in favour of planning applications in the 1990s.

Chris Flood, who was a Fianna Fáil councillor at the time, says he was told by unnamed developers that there would be "something in it for him" if they could get their plans approved.

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