Person: Shefran

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An expertly cast bag man and master of ‘the system’

In any movie involving dodgy payments to politicians, you need a go-between, a “bag man”. Frank Dunlop came right out of central casting.

Fri, 23 Mar, 2012

I couldn’t afford air fare to attend AIB meeting, says Gilmartin

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.

Thu, 17 Apr, 2008

Tribunal hears of AIB’s high regard for O’Callaghan

SENIOR executives in Allied Irish Bank regarded Cork-based businessman Owen O’Callaghan as the ideal person to drive the Quarryvale development in west Dublin in the early 1990s, the Mahon Tribunal heard yesterday.

Wed, 16 Apr, 2008

Burton taken aback by zoning decisions

LABOUR TD Joan Burton believed “something improper” was going on between developers and some of her Dublin County Council colleagues in the early 1990s, she told the Mahon Tribunal yesterday.

Thu, 07 Jun, 2007