Man listed as director had left firm

THE Mahon Tribunal heard yesterday about a businessman who believed he quit a property company in the mid-1990s only to find he was still listed as a director six years later.

Eamonn Duignan formed the Berraway shelf company together with former Fianna Fáil chief fundraiser Des Richardson as a vehicle for the purchase or development of lands.

He thought he had pulled out of the venture in 1995 when Berraway “finished its property life” and sent a letter of resignation to Mr Richardson. But six years afterwards he discovered that he was still formally part of the company.