Poor signal for compensation bid

The defeated mobile phone licence bidders may not get the payout they expect, writes investigative correspondent Conor Ryan

THE defeated bidders for the second mobile phone licence have described the Moriarty Tribunal as a roadmap in their efforts to secure huge compensation packages from the State.

They cannot use the tribunal report as evidence. But it can point them in the direction of useful material on the compromised actions of former minister Michael Lowry.