Dunlop told councillors of development plans

FORMER lobbyist Frank Dunlop admitted at the Mahon Planning Tribunal yesterday to telling county councillors he was going to develop the former racecourse lands at Baldoyle in north Co Dublin.

But Mr Dunlop was under the impression none of the councillors believed he was capable of building 900 houses on the 250-acre site he sought to rezone.

Councillors already knew developer John Byrne, who had acquired some 500 acres in the area years previously, still owned the land.