Not Even a Man with Balls of Iron Could Have Spun His Way Out of This [Eire Region]
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THE 'BALLS of iron' with which Frank Dunlop once infamously claimed he was endowed were not much in evidence when the former lobbyist was jailed by the Circuit Criminal Court in Dublin yesterday. After kissing his wife and daughter, a shocked-looking Mr Dunlop was escorted to the door that leads to handcuffs and a paddy wagon trip to Arbour Hill as prisoner No.58240.
Handing down a two-year sentence, with six months suspended, and a E30,000 fine, Judge Frank O'Donnell told the former Fianna Fail and government press secretary that his actions had 'longrange criminal focus' and were not motivated by addiction, unlike many of his usual cases.See the full content of this document
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Not Even a Man with Balls of Iron Could Have Spun His Way Out of This [Eire Region]
In fact, the suave and articulate Dunlop was a long way removed from Judge O'Donnell's usual customers. A journalist who became a press officer for Fianna Fail under then taoiseach Jack Lynch in the 1970s, he went on to work under Fine Gael minister John Boland before entering the emerging and lucrative world of public relations, firs...
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