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Wed 11 Nov 2002Evidence begins on rezoning decisionsFLOOD TRIBUNAL: The Flood tribunal has begun taking direct evidence on controversial rezoning decisions made by Dublin county councillors during the review of the county development plan in the 1990s.Before hearing evidence from the lobbyist Mr Frank Dunlop, who has alleged that dozens of councillors were bribed in return for their votes on rezonings, the tribunal is to hear evidence from council officials who helped draw up the plan.