BUSINESSMAN Tom Gilmartin claimed he didn’t have the air fare when he said he would not be present for a scheduled board meeting concerning the west Dublin development at Quarryvale, the Mahon Tribunal heard yesterday.

AIB Bank took a hard line against businessman Tom Gilmartin after it lost confidence in his ability to bring the Quarryvale project in west Dublin to fruition, the Mahon Tribunal heard yesterday.

A COMPANY behind the giant Liffey Valley shopping centre at Quarryvale in west Dublin was in danger of being struck off the register for failing to file audited accounts, the Mahon Tribunal heard yesterday.

DEVELOPER Tom Gilmartin — who alleges falling foul of political corruption when he tried to set up a west Dublin project in the early 1990s — was an honourable and truthful man, the Mahon Planning Tribunal heard yesterday.

AIB wanted Cork-based businessman Owen O’Callaghan on board the Quarryvale project in west Dublin in 1992 to protect its investment, it was claimed at the Mahon Tribunal yesterday.

FORMER lobbyist Frank Dunlop was quizzed at the Mahon Tribunal yesterday on why he had lied in his evidence seven years ago over a payment of £40,000 to ex-Fianna Fáil TD Liam Lawlor.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern received more than £100,000 in connection with planning projects from Cork-based developer Owen O’Callaghan in the early 1990s, rival businessman Tom Gilmartin alleged at the Mahon Tribunal yesterday.

DEVELOPER Tom Gilmartin made “wild”, “entirely untrue”, “preposterous” and “spurious” allegations in private to the Mahon tribunal that Cork property developer Owen O’Callaghan made offshore payments to Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and former Taoiseach Albert Reynolds.