Redmond complains of being ‘stitched' into probe

FORMER senior planning officer George Redmond complained yesterday he was “stitched in” to the Mahon Planning Tribunal’s latest probe although he had “no role” in efforts to rezone South Dublin land.

Mr Redmond, 82, was assistant Dublin city and county manager when he retired in June 1989. He was jailed for corruption in December 2003, but his conviction was quashed on appeal seven months later.

Developer Aidan Kelly has told the tribunal how a meeting was arranged with the disgraced public official to “resolve all issues” connected with the rezoning of the former Pye lands at Dundrum now under the spotlight.