Account evidence backs Dunlop claims

THE Flood Tribunal has heard new evidence to support claims by Frank Dunlop that the late Fine Gael councillor, Tom Hand, demanded £250,000 in return for his support of the controversial Quarryvale project in 1992.

Lawyers for Mr Hand’s family admitted yesterday that they had recently discovered the existence of two bank accounts in Australia which had been held by their father.

The family’s solicitor Vivian Matthews told the inquiry that following inquiries at the request of the tribunal they had established that Mr Hand had held two accounts with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia between 1991 and 1993.