Frank Dunlop alleged he was paid £25,000 in cash by Kennedy for bribing councillors to support the rezoning of land
Jim’s severe dyslexia meant that school was an ordeal, and he spoke about the harsh treatment he received from the Christian Brothers. When he was 11, his father died, aged 55, from an asthmatic condition that had been exacerbated by working in the mines. He left school to work in the butcher shop and help his mother manage the family farm. He often said his experiences of cattle and horse trading in fairs and marts around Ireland had given him all the education he needed.
The Circuit Criminal Court heard he “emphatically denied” giving Frank Dunlop £25,000 to bribe councillors and that he told gardaí he could have bought a small house for that sum Ultimately, Jim Kennedy’s refusal to attend the tribunal and state his case meant his voice was never heard on these allegations. However, he did return to give evidence in another forum, when the Criminal Assets Bureau instigated High Court proceedings against Jackson Way Properties Ltd, alleging the company was unjustly enriched as a result of the rezoning of the Carrickmines land.
If the corruption controversies put Jim Kennedy under enormous pressure, he never showed it, according to people close to him. “It just didn’t seem to stress him,” one acquaintance said. “He was very much in control, never lost the plot no matter how much pressure he was under. If he thought he was in the right, then he would just keep going until he got there. He had the attitude that he would never be bested. He had huge belief in himself.
Those close to him described him as “a warm-hearted, flamboyant, magnetic personality who adored his family and enjoyed the simple pleasures in life”
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