The Irish Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
CORK DEVELOPER Owen O'Callaghan has said the late Liam Lawlor refused to accept a cheque written out to his own name.
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Cork developer Owen O'Callaghan said this morning the late Liam Lawlor refused to accept a cheque from him written in his own name.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
CORK DEVELOPER Owen O'Callaghan has denied asking lobbyist Frank Dunlop to alter entries in his diaries that connected Mr O'Callaghan with the late Liam Lawlor.
Tales Of The Gurrier (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
... Failers spread Their greasy palms open wide; For this that all our good times went, For this Liam Lawlor died, And Charlie Haughey and Des Traynor, All that delirium of the knaves; The Celtic Tiger’s dead and gone, It’s with auld Bertie in the grave. ( with apologies to W.B. ) *Note to my American friends, ‘a sambo’ is Hiberno English slang for a sandwich. A contraction of the mangled...
Belfast Telegraph (Free subscription) | 16/09/2008
A Tribunal judge has clashed with Bertie Ahern during his evidence at the Mahon Tribunal today.The exchange came during questioning by Judge Gerald Keyes about plans for a National Stadium in west Dublin in the early 1990s and the part played in the project by the late Liam Lawlor and his son Niall.Mr Ahern says he did not know that Liam Lawlor was to have a large share...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 17/09/2008
... on which the Liffey Valley shopping centre is built.The tribunal had heard that Mr Ahern and Niall Lawlor, the son of the late Fianna Fáil TD Liam Lawlor, both attended a reception when Mr Ahern was on a visit to America in March 1994.At the time, Niall Lawlor was working for American financiers Chilton O'Connor, a company which was considering investing in a national...
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 16/09/2008
... Tom Gilmartin in which Mr Gilmartin said he complained of demands for money from the late Liam Lawlor and former Dublin assistant county manager George Redmond.Questioned by tribunal counsel Des O'Neill SC, Mr Ahern conceded that he may have told Mr O’Callaghan that he would not give tax designation to Blanchardstown shopping centre in Dublin.Mr Ahern said he did not recall a meeting...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 16/09/2008
... town centre that was to have been built in Neilstown ended up being built at Quarryvale. The late Liam Lawlor, who was receiving money from the Quarryvale developers, was sensitive to the potential this had to create uproar in the Neilstown area, and suggested the stadium project to O'Callaghan. The project was publicised and was talked about for a few years, but never happened. In...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 16/09/2008
... Tom Gilmartin in which Mr Gilmartin said he complained of demands for money from the late Liam Lawlor and former Dublin assistant county manager George Redmond.The planning tribunal was questioning Mr Ahern as part of the Quarryvale II module, an investigation into allegations of corruption surrounding the rezoning of land on which the Liffey Valley shopping centre is built.Mr Gilmartin...
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 15/09/2008
... former assistant city and county manager, George Redmond, and the Fianna Fáil politician, the late Liam Lawlor, were putting obstacles in his way, because he had refused demands for money. Mr Ahern said he believed his friend, the then Fianna Fáil councillor Joe Burke, was put in contact with Mr Gilmartin to see if he could assist, but he could not recall the conversation. He said...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008
... told tribunal lawyers the company was owned by Mr Kennedy, Mr Caldwell and the late Fianna Fáil TD Liam Lawlor. Mr Lawlor denied any involvement, Mr Caldwell said he and Mr Kennedy owned the company and Mr Kennedy failed to co-operate with the inquiry.Lawyers found that elaborate steps had been taken to conceal ownership of the Carrickmines land, and even after three years...
