Desmond wins right to install dumb waiter

BILLIONAIRE financier Dermot Desmond is celebrating the success of yet another daring venture - he got planning permission for a dumb waiter.

The irrepressible investor faced one of his toughest boardroom battles in his three-and-a-half year quest to bring modern technology to a listed building.

Yesterday An Bord Pleanála finally gave him the go-ahead.