Pearse Doherty claims to have information suggesting Michael Lowry concealed his involvement in the Doncaster Rovers deal during the Moriarty Tribunal investigation.
Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty has alleged that Michael Lowry , a former Irish government minister, provided false evidence to the Moriarty tribunal, which investigated financial links between Mr. Lowry and businessman Denis O'Brien. Doherty claims to have information not previously disclosed to the tribunal regarding a €5 million deal involving the purchase of Doncaster Rovers football club stadium in England in 1998. While the tribunal found that Mr.
Lowry had some involvement in the transaction, it was unable to establish the precise nature of his interest due to the concealment and suppression of information, as well as deliberate falsehoods encountered during its investigation of property transactions in England involving Mr. Lowry. Mr. Lowry denied any involvement, and Mr. O'Brien stated that the investment was 100% owned by a family trust. Doherty asserts that Mr. Lowry held 57 meetings related to the Doncaster deal, including at the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), the boardroom of Doncaster football club, and with the project organizer and sports representatives. He further alleges that Mr. Lowry's accountant paid the person orchestrating the Doncaster deal two bank drafts totaling £57,500 from a Gibraltar account, payments that were never disclosed to the tribunal. Doherty also claims that Mr. Lowry met with key individuals in Dublin in March 2001, leading to the creation of a false narrative and fabricated documents presented to the tribunal. He alleges that Mr. Lowry, along with two others, burned original documents related to these deals on a rural farm in August 2002 to prevent the truth from coming to light. Doherty states that this information comes directly from one of the individuals present at the time, whom he declined to name. He directly challenged Mr. Lowry and Taoiseach Micheál Martin to address these allegations during future government discussions.
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