Gilmartin planned ‘special development’

SLIGO-born developer Tom Gilmartin described yesterday how he planned a “special” development for west Dublin in the early 1990s.

Instead of a shopping centre — which emerged from the Quarryvale project — he envisaged a new town on the site, Mr Gilmartin told the Mahon Tribunal.

“My role was not to make a fortune,” said the 72-year-old Luton-based developer. “It was to create something special in the area.”