Dunlop to be sentenced next week

Former Government Press Secretary and lobbyist Frank Dunlop will be sentenced next week after detailed accounts of his bribes to county councillors were given at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Dunlop to be sentenced next week

Former Government Press Secretary and lobbyist Frank Dunlop will be sentenced next week after detailed accounts of his bribes to county councillors were given at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Dunlop (aged 61), of Rathbeggan, Dunboyne, Co Meath faces up to seven years in prison and / or a fine of up to €50,000 for bribing several councillors - including former senators Liam Cosgrave of Fine Gael and Don Lydon of Fianna Fáil - to vote in favour of rezoning 108 acres of Carrickmines for industrial use.

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