The Public Offices Commission yesterday published a list of donations in excess of £4,000 received by political parties in 1998. Parties are required to lodge such information with the commission under the Electoral Act 1997 (amended by the 1998 Act).
Fianna Fail donations received in excess of £4,000: £20,000, AIBP Ltd, 14 Castle St., Ardee, Co Louth £500 Participation in golf classic, AIBP Ltd 14 Castle St, Ardee, Co Louth £20,000, Christy Nolan, Kill Lane, Foxrock, Dublin 18 £1,000 Waiver of loan, Christy Nolan, Kill Lane, Foxrock, Dublin 18 £25,000, Ballymore Contracting, Ltd, 35/38 St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2 £500, For golf classic, Ballymore Contracting Ltd, 35/38 St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2 £10,000, Cantrell & Cochrane, Kylemore Park, Dublin 10 £400, Attendance at fundraiser, Eamon Duignan c/o Duignan & McCarthy PO, Box 44, Navan £2,500 Attendance at fundraiser, Cathal McCarthy & Eamon Duignan, c/o Duignan & McCarthy PO, Box 44, Navan £3,000 Attendance at fundraiser, Duignan and McCarthy, PO Box 44, Navan £25,000, Conor Holdings Ltd, 68 Lr Baggot St, Dublin 2 £5,000 Attendance at fundraiser, Coolmore Stud, Fethard, Co Tipperary £6,000, Cobb Ireland Ltd, Straffan Farm, Straffan £6,000, Nyanstone Ltd, New Road, Straffan £10,000, Des O'Meara & Partnership, 23 Fitzwilliam Place Dublin 2 £5,000, Fruit of the Loom, Ballymacarry, Buncrana £20,000, Fyffes Plc, Company, 1 Beresford, Street, Dublin, 7 £7,000, GPA Group Plc Company, GPA House, Shannon, £20,000, Hardwicke Ltd Company, 14 Wellington Road, Dublin 4, £150, Participation in fundraiser, Hardwicke Ltd, 14 Wellington Road, Dublin 4, £10,000, Irish Brewers Association, Confederation Hse, 84/86 Lr Baggot St, Dublin 2, £15,000, Irish Distillers, Bow St., Distillery, Smithfield, Dublin 7, £1,875 Free billboard , Irish Distillers, Bow St, Distillery, Smithfield, Dublin 7, £35,000, Irish Life, Lower Abbey, St, Dublin 1 £10,000, Marathon Intl, Mahon Ind, Est, Blackrock, Cork £50,000, Martin Naughton, Stackallen Hse, Slane, Co, Meath £25,000, Norbrook Manufacturing, Station Works, Newry £10,000, Ryan Hotels, 23 Upr, O'Connell Street, Dublin, 1 £500, Participation in fundraiser Ryan Hotels, 23 Upr, O'Connell Street, Dublin 1 £50,000, O'Callaghan Hotels, 16- 20 South Cumberland, St, Dublin 2 £1,250 Participation in fundraiser, Davenport Hotel Classics, Merrion, Square, Dublin 2 £8,941 use of car, Nissan Ireland, PO Box 910, Naas Road, Dublin 12 £12,000, Use of apartment, Doyle Hotels Company, Cranford House, Cranford Court, Still organ, Dublin 4, £5,151 Free billboard sites, Beamish & Company, South Main, Street, Cork £5,000 Waiver of Loan, Dwyer Nolan Ltd, Stonebridge Hse, Stonebridge, Close, Shankill, Co Dublin, £5,734 Discounted prizes for draw, Killeen Motor Company, Killeen Road, Dublin 12
Donations exceeding £4,000 disclosed by Fine Gael £15,000, Waterford Crystal, Kilbarry, Waterford £6,000, Ryan Hotels, 23 Upr O'Connell Street, Dublin 1 £25,000 , Irish Life, Irish Life, Centre, Lr Abbey St, Dublin 1 £10,516, Peter Goulandris, c/o Orion &, Global, Chartering Co, 6th Floor, 29 Broadway, NY 10022, USA £7,011, Smurfit Packaging Corp. Jefferson Smurfit Centre,
Donations exceeding £4,000 disclosed by the Green Party
Postal Address, of Donor £6,540 monthly, Nuala Ahern, MEP, 5 Oaklands, Greystones, Co Wicklow, £6,540 monthly, Patricia McKenna MEP, EU Parliament Offices, 43, Molesworth, St, Dublin 2
Donation exceeding £4,000 disclosed by the Labour Party £10,000, Irish Life, Lr Abbey St, Dublin 1.
Donation exceeding £4,000 disclosed by the PDs £5,000 Irish Life, Lr, Abbey St, Dublin 1.
Donations exceeding £4,000 disclosed by Sinn Fein £24,750.00, C. O Caolain Sinn Fein TD, Sinn Fein Advice Centre, Monaghan Town $184,256 Friends of Sinn Fein, 15 Park Row, New York, NY, USA, $71,952 Friends of Sinn Fein, 15 Park Row, New York, NY, USA,
Donation exceeding £4,000 disclosed by the Sociaist Party £12,000, Mr Joe Higgins TD, 155 Briarwood Close, Mulhuddart, Dublin 15. (Listings in bold refer to donations made or services provided to pro- mote the Belfast Agreement)