'You could end up in the Liffey for that statement'

KEY witness Tom Gilmartin received a death threat in the corridors of Leinster House, it emerged during a dramatic first day of new hearings at the Mahon Tribunal.

A mystery man who demanded £5 million from the County Sligo businessman told him he could "end up in the Liffey" after Mr Gilmartin robustly rejected the demand.

Mr Gilmartin's account of the threat was revealed during the opening statement of a new module of the tribunal yesterday, inquiring into his allegations surrounding his attempts to develop massive retail complexes in Bachelor's Walk and Quarryvale (now Liffey Valley) in the late 1980s.