Developer faces legal bill of €2m from tribunal challenge

PROPERTY developer Owen O’Callaghan is facing a legal bill of more than €2 million arising from his unsuccessful challenge to the Mahon Tribunal’s further inquiring into or making any findings on allegations made against him by developer Tom Gilmartin.

Mr O’Callaghan is to appeal to the Supreme Court against the High Court’s refusal last week to prevent the Mahon Tribunal carrying out those further inquiries in its Quarryvale Two module.

Counsel for the tribunal agreed at the High Court yesterday not to proceed with those inquiries before next week when the case will be mentioned before the Supreme Court.