Hazel Lawlor to pay costs for failed action against Mahon

The High Court has ordered the widow of the late TD Liam Lawlor to pay the costs of her failed application aimed at preventing the Mahon Tribunal from making serious findings of misconduct against either herself and her husband unless proven beyond reasonable doubt.

In a judgment delivered last July, Mr Justice Roderick Murphy also dismissed Mrs Lawlor's application to the court to require the tribunal to fund "effective" legal representation for her before it.