Mahon appeal to be heard in weeks

CORK property developer Owen O’Callaghan’s appeal against the High Court’s rejection of his bid to prevent the Mahon tribunal’s further inquiring into or making any findings on allegations made against him by developer Tom Gilmartin will be heard within weeks the Supreme Court indicated yesterday.

Jack Fitzgerald SC, for the tribunal, undertook before the Supreme Court yesterday that the tribunal would not proceed, pending the appeal, to public inquiries into those allegations. The tribunal proposes to carry out those inquiries in its Quarryvale Two module.

Mr Fitzgerald said his side was anxious to have an early hearing and would have its response to the appeal submissions from Mr O’Callaghan, which they had received yesterday, ready within days.