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Council to study evidence on Carrickmines

Dún Laoghaire/Rathdown Council says it will be studying yesterday's evidence at the Mahon Tribunal that the English company, Jackson Way, does not have legal ownership of land at Carrickmines.

Jackson Way was awarded €13m compensation at an arbitration hearing over the council's compulsory purchase of land for the M50 motorway.

A Council spokesman said today that they already had other concerns about the title of the lands, but were told by arbitrator, John Shackleton, that this would have to be dealt with after the compensation hearing.

The award has been put on hold pending the Tribunal's investigation into the ownership of the lands, and claims by lobbyist Frank Dunlop that he paid councillors £25,000 in bribes to get the land rezoned.

Separately, the Tribunal heard today that the sole registered director of Jackson Way, Alan Holland, made contradictory statements about his role.

Mr Holland had signed a declaration of trust in May 1993 confirming he was acting on the direction of holding companies.

But in other documents he said he was in control of the company. The Tribunal's senior counsel said making a false declaration of land interest is punishable with a fine of up to £10,000 and/or three years' imprisonment.