Today's Indo reports that the flailing Dragon bagman provided GAA clubs in Louth access to his considerable connections to - for an eye-catching fee:
A source in Cooley Kickhams said:
"He did some consultancy work for us, yeah. We had to make our presentation and he helped us along with it. There was some fee on it, it would be something about €5,000.
"He did put in a good few hours, it wasn't just a light-fingered touch. I'm sure he would have done 20 hours, maybe 25.
"We knew he could deliver. Because of his expertise, because he knew how the departments worked, he knew the people inside there. He was on the inside track."