Redmond and TD ‘had great double act’

JAILED former council official George Redmond clashed repeatedly at the Planning Tribunal yesterday with retired developer Tom Gilmartin over the date of their first meeting in the late 1980s.

Under cross-examination, Mr Gilmartin insisted their initial meeting took place in May 1988 when the former assistant Dublin city and county manager handed him a colour-coded map of landowners in the Quarryvale area of west Dublin.

The Sligo-born developer claimed the meeting had been arranged by the former Fianna Fáil TD, Liam Lawlor, who was aware that he had an interest in Quarryvale as well as the Bachelor's Walk area of Dublin.