Donations To Political Parties (May 15th to December 31st, 1997)
Fianna Fail received the following donations:
Clancourt Group Holdings Ltd, 12 Merrion Square, Dublin - £5,000; Cawley & Co, Solicitors, 26 Lr Hatch Street, Dublin - £5,000; Irish Distillers Group plc, Bow Street, Dublin - £25,000; Waterford Crystal, Kilbarry, Waterford - £30,000; Ernst & Young, accountants, Harcourt Street, Dublin - £6,000; Nissan Ireland, Nissan House, Naas Road, Dublin - £7,500 (use of car); Stream International Irl, Clonshaugh Industrial Estate, Dublin - £6,500; Doyle Hotel Group, Cranford Court, Stillorgan Road, Dublin - £5,000 (use of office); Eamon Leahy, 7 Oaklands Drive, Rathgar, Dublin - £5,000 (payment for election expenses for election candidate); Patrick Kelly, Clonmore, Shrewsbury Road, Dublin - £5,000; Coolmore Stud, Coolmore, Fethard, Co Tipperary - £6,000 (money from fund-raising event); Arcon International Resources plc, Hume House, Pembroke Road, Dublin - £15,000; Thomas Flately Co, Braintree, Massachusetts - $10,000.
Cheque received from Stephen Finn Contractors, Gardiner House, Bank Place, Limerick for £30,250 for payment of election expenses, broken down as follows: Kilelton Estate Ltd, 1 Mount Kennett Place, Henry Street, Limerick - £7,000; Colm Finn, Brick Hill, Cratloe, Co Clare - £5,000; Stephen Finn, Galvone Industrial Park, Limerick - £7,250; Paul Carroll, 10 Kenure Park, Powerscourt, Waterford - £6,000; Stephen Finn Contractors Ltd, Gardiner House, Bank Place, Limerick - £5,000.
DCD Builders, St Helen's Wood, Booterstown, Dublin - £80,250 (two cheques of £50,000 and £30,250 received), broken down as follows: Thomas Dunne, Selsker, Co Wexford - £5,000; Fintan Gunne, company, Ballsbridge, Dublin - £10,000; DCD Builders, St Helen's Wood, Booterstown, Dublin - £6,250; Maxi Contracting Co, Killarney Road, Bray, Wicklow - £10,000; Anderfield Ltd, Mill Street, Maynooth, Co Kildare - £5,000; M O'Brien, Cloona, Enfield, Co Kildare - £6,000; David Sharkey, 21 Foxrock Manor, Foxrock, Dublin - £5,000; Frank O'Donovan, 7 Pear Tree Road, Enfield, London - £8,000; Slevin Bros Ltd, Kilcatherine, Moate - £10,000; Michael Rowland, 11 Silver Lawns, Navan, Co Meath - £10,000; Joseph Corcoran, 150 Mt Vernon Street, Boston, Massachusetts - £5,000.
Fine Gael received the following donations:
Irish Intercontinental Bank, 91 Merrion Square, Dublin - £5,000; Irish Distillers Group plc, Bow Street, Dublin - £22,500.
The Labour Party received the following donations:
Irish Distillers Group plc, Bow Street, Dublin - £12,500; John O'Connor, barrister, 14 Merton Road, Dublin - £5,000.
The Progressive Democrats received the following:
Irish Distillers Group plc, Bow Street, Dublin - £10,000
Democratic Left received the following:
Proinsias De Rossa, Dail Eireann, Dublin - £5,000
The Green Party: None
Sinn Fein received the following:
Cheques received from Friends of Sinn Fein America, 15 Park Row, New York, NY for the following amounts: $59,688.87; $5,022.97; $16,404.13; $41,216.76; $7,228.87.
National Party: None
Christian Solidarity Party: None
Socialist Party: None
Natural Law Party: None
The Workers Party: None
South Kerry Independent Alliance: None
Communist Party of Ireland: None
Socialist Workers Party: None
Muintir na hEireann: None
