Gilmartin evidence backed by British businessman

EVIDENCE by the retired developer, Tom Gilmartin that Liam Lawlor arrived uninvited at a meeting in London to demand money for supporting a property development in Dublin in the late 1980s has been corroborated by a British businessman at the Planning Tribunal.

Ted Dadley, a former executive of Arlington the company behind the Bachelor's Walk project with Mr Gilmartin outlined to the inquiry yesterday how the former Fianna Fáil TD unexpectedly interrupted a meeting in their London office in May 1988.

Mr Dadley also admitted he was wrong to originally provide the tribunal with a statement which suggested Mr Gilmartin had advised Arlington to hire the politician as a consultant.