Mahon frustration as hospital delay holds up tribunal

THERE was a further delay at the Mahon Tribunal yesterday — day 798 of the marathon hearing — when key witness Frank Dunlop failed to attend.

Five weeks ago the tribunal’s chief “whistleblower” — who continues to be under medical care for a heart condition — was not well enough to resume his testimony.

Mr Dunlop’s absence on this occasion is apparently due to the delay in conveying the results of an MRI scan — conducted in Dublin’s Mater Private Hospital — to his consultant neurosurgeon Tim Lynch.