Mahon tribunal figure George Redmond dies, aged 92
George Redmond, a former assistant Dublin city and county manager, passed away on Tuesday in Connolly Hospital, Dublin, aged 92.
He worked in the authorities from 1941 to 1989.
The Mahon tribunal heard claims he received illicit payments to the value of “one substantial house per annum” for assisting developers. During the hearings, Mr Redmond at one point said: “I was the council.”
He was questioned over how he had amassed €444,408 in cash deposits by 1998, including €246,329 in an Isle of Man account.
The tribunal found he received a corrupt planning-related payment and tried to obstruct its work.
However, after a 10-year legal battle it withdrew the findings on December 19, 2014, with Mr Redmond receiving his legal costs.
Mr Redmond was separately convicted of criminal corruption in 2003, but six months into the sentence it was overturned.
In 2008 he was re-tried on two separate corruption charges, but not convicted.
The Criminal Assets Bureau arrested him at Dublin Airport in 1999, when he was in possession of €300,000 worth of cash and cheques — resulting in an €800,000 settlement with Revenue.
He is survived by his wife Maureen and sons David and John.
