Seán Kenny (Dublin North East, Labour)

-----and received by the then Minister for the Environment, Pádraig Flynn, who was treasurer of Fianna Fáil at the time, from the developer, Tom Gilmartin, as a donation to the party in order to "level the playing field", in connection with the sale of the Dublin Corporation lands at Quarryvale. In 1989, I was an elected councillor of Dublin Corporation and I was completely unaware of that transaction which was taking place behind the scenes. The tribunal found that the then Minister for the Environment used the £50,000 cheque for his personal benefit and that Mr. Gilmartin intended that this cheque was to be paid to Fianna Fáil. The tribunal found that Mr. Flynn corruptly sought this donation from Mr. Gilmartin for the Fianna Fáil Party-----

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