Redmond could face further corruption charges

GEORGE REDMOND, who is serving a 12-month prison sentence on corruption charges, could face further criminal prosecutions for the same offence after the latest interim report by the Planning Tribunal found he had received bribes from two businessmen in the late 1980s.

Former tribunal chairman Mr Justice Feargus Flood concluded that the 79-year-old pensioner corruptly obtained five-figure sums from JMSE owner Joseph Murphy Jnr and property developer Michael Bailey in return for planning favours.

Mr Justice Flood said he was satisfied that the former council official received 10% of the money which JMSE saved as a result of a strategy he devised to limit the company’s exposure to planning levies for a site at Forest Road, Swords. He estimated the sum given to Mr Redmond by Mr Murphy Jnr as not less than £12,246.