O’Callaghan bailed out councillor, tribunal hears

PROPERTY developer Owen O’Callaghan bailed out Fianna Fáil councillor Colm McGrath — a major supporter of his Quarryvale project in west Dublin — when he couldn’t pay a debt, the Mahon Planning Tribunal heard yesterday.

O’Callaghan bailed out councillor, tribunal hears

Lobbyist Frank Dunlop recalled how Mr McGrath phoned his office on May 21, 1992, saying he was being sued for more than £10,000, didn’t have the money to pay, and faced court judgment that day.

In 1992, said tribunal lawyer Patricia Dillon SC, £10,000 was “an awful lot of money” and, in today’s terms, would be equal to about €40,000.

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