Gilmartin claims -Tribunal must bring out truth

YESTERDAY’S long-awaited appearance of property developer Tom Gilmartin at the Mahon Tribunal has rekindled popular interest in this murky saga of bribery and corruption in Irish politics.

Though much of the evidence is already in the public domain, having been leaked to the media, the line-up of star personalities waiting in the wings has brought seasoned tribunal-watchers out of the woodwork.

In the coming days, they will hear Tom Gilmartin allege that in the late 1980s he was approached by a person, since identified as disgraced ex-Fianna Fáil TD Liam Lawlor, who asked him to lodge £5 million in an Isle of Man bank account in return for support for a building project.