Wright provided bank details as ‘gun was put to his head’

FIANNA FÁIL TD, GV Wright has admitted that he only provided the Planning Tribunal with information about unexplained bank lodgements after “a gun was put to [his] head”.

The inquiry heard that tribunal lawyers had first requested Mr Wright to provide explanations for a series of bank transactions totalling over £1 million in October 1991.

However, tribunal barrister Patricia Dillon SC said it had taken two years before the Dublin North TD had addressed the issue in a limited capacity for the first time. She pointed out that Mr Wright was able to provide explanations for lodgements relating to the tribunal’s current module within three days of being asked last month.