Risking all by not ruling Lowry out - The next Government

LAST Wednesday, Mr Justice John Hedigan reminded us of how the Moriarty Tribunal concluded that Michael Lowry’s contributions to that investigation were “a litany of falsification and deception”.

Mr Justice Hedigan also recalled the tribunal’s “findings of perjury and bribery of a potential witness to support Mr Lowry’s false evidence”.

The judge, who was presiding in a case involving Mr Lowry’s challenge to the fact that he has been awarded just a third of the legal fees he incurred attending the tribunal, also reminded us that the tribunal found that solicitor’s files covering property deals in England involving Mr Lowry and businessman Denis O’Brien had been doctored. The tribunal blamed Mr Lowry for this intervention and questioned evidence given by Mr Lowry that reflected the altered files.