A former Dublin city and county manager has claimed Tom Gilmartin identified Liam Lawlor as the man who threatened him and demanded a £5 million bribe.
Frank Feely was the official in overall charge of local government administration in Dublin in 1989.
He said he was deeply concerned after hearing Mr Gilmartin's allegations and wrote down details of the three-hour meeting within 24 hours.
In it he recorded Mr Gilmartin as saying it was Mr Lawlor who demanded a £5 million Isle of Man payment for Quarryvale. He also recorded that when Mr Gilmartin called Mr Lawlor a gangster, the former Fianna Fáil TD told him people had ended up in the Liffey for less.
Counsel for the tribunal put it to him that Mr Gilmartin denies ever saying this. Counsel also said Mr Gilmartin denies saying he told George Redmond that he would see him alright if he got planning permission for Quarryvale, as Mr Feely has recorded.
Mr Feely, quoting Pontius Pilate, replied 'quad scripsi, scripsi' – 'what I wrote, I wrote'.
Mr Feely said he was told by another assistant manager that Mr Gilmartin's allegations were not looking good for Mr Redmond. But Mr Feely said that when he heard the details he felt he could not take disciplinary action against the then Assistant City and County manager because they were second hand accounts.
He also said that because Mr Lawlor and another elected representative were the subject of allegations, he thought it wrong to go straight to the police.
Mr Feely decided to inform their political bosses instead and went to Padraig Flynn who in turn called in gardaí.
