Murphy brings action against tribunal

Businessman Joseph Murphy Jr has brought a legal action against the Planning Tribunal and State claiming damages over alleged misfeasance in public office.

Mr Murphy also wants formal court orders quashing findings of corruption made against him by the Tribunal rather than, as the Tribunal proposes, having those findings deleted from its report on its website.

The claim for damages arises from what Michael Cush, counsel for Mr Murphy, described as a “pattern” of behaviour by the Tribunal in not giving his client full information bearing on the credibility of his “chief and only accuser”, the late James Gogarty.