Architect denies recommending lobbyist for land rezoning

AN architect, who worked on a north county Dublin housing development, denied at the Mahon Planning Tribunal yesterday he recommended the hiring of lobbyist Frank Dunlop, who has alleged he bribed councillors to get lands rezoned.

Tim Rowe, founder of Pilgrim Architects with marketing executive Tim Collins, worked on the Kinsealy project to build 19 luxury houses. Each site was to be in excess of two acres.

“I never recommended Frank Dunlop to any client or vice versa,” he told the tribunal. Mr Rowe said the proposal was for one-off housing.