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Fri 11 Nov 2002Lawlor, 9 councillors implicated in bribery by DunlopTen politicians, including former Fianna Fáil TD Mr Liam Lawlor, have been implicated in a massive bribery plot on a day of sensational allegations at the Flood Tribunal.Mr Frank Dunlop, the former Government press secretary, says that he paid £25,000 in bribes to nine county councillors to secure the rezoning of lands owned by Jackson Way at Carrickmines in south Co Dublin during the 1990s.