Lobbyist sent £243k to Revenue

LOBBYIST Frank Dunlop made a swift disclosure to the Revenue Commissioners — and sent a cheque for more than £243,000 — because he feared the planning tribunal would carry out a full probe into his affairs in 1998, it emerged yesterday.

And he described witness Tom Gilmartin — who had just then sworn an affidavit to the tribunal linking Mr Dunlop to the controversial Quarryvale project — as “a delusional buffoon”.

Mr Dunlop made out his £243,478 cheque to the Revenue on October 6, 1998, but he agreed with tribunal lawyer Patricia Dillon SC he had not made a full disclosure of his financial affairs to the taxman.