23-399: Frank Dunlop may refer to: Frank Dunlop (civil servant) (born 1947), Irish lobbyist, civil servant and broadcast journalist Frank Dunlop (director) (born 1927), British theatre director Frank Dunlop (footballer) (1913–1991), Scottish footballer Frankie Dunlop (1928–2014), American jazz drummer [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
46-604: A first class honours in 2007. The Irish Government established a "Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments", The Mahon Tribunal , formerly known as The Flood Tribunal, on 4 November 1997. Frank Dunlop was a key witness to its deliberations. Dunlop was initially brought to the attention of the Tribunal by Tom Gilmartin, who alleged that Dunlop was being used as a bag-man for developers wishing to pay bribes to politicians in return for favours. When he first took
69-705: A key witness in pending political corruption cases involving property developers and politicians to whom he paid bribes on their behalf. Dunlop was born in Kilkenny on 9 October 1947. He attended St James's Christian Brothers School. At the age of 22, he attended University College Dublin . In his biography, Dunlop states that his family received candidates running for election within the Fianna Fáil party were more warmly received at his home. At UCD, Dunlop began to become involved in politics and he joined Kevin Barry Cumann ,
92-504: A number of illegal broadcasters. The Government Information Service, prior to Dunlop's time, was the established unit of the Taoiseach 's office for the dissemination of information relating to the activities of the Government. Dunlop described its role to The Mahon Tribunal in 2003, as being a 'post office' – "it just delivered copies of statements, speeches, announcements, CSO details to
115-522: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Frank Dunlop (civil servant) Frank Dunlop (born 9 October 1947) is an Irish lobbyist , former civil servant and former broadcast journalist with Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). Originally from County Kilkenny , he was a key witness to the Mahon Tribunal which investigated improper payments by property developers to Irish politicians and will be
138-762: The Environment. In 1981, Fine Gael formed a government with the Labour Party , with Boland becoming Minister for Education . In this capacity he achieved the landmark abolition of corporal punishment in schools. Boland later served in a range of portfolios in Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald 's second government. As Minister for the Public Service , Boland introduced several significant reforms including merit-based promotion (instead of promotions being solely seniority-based as before) and open competitions for
161-789: The branch of Fianna Fáil's youth wing in the university. Initially he wanted to pursue a career as a reporter for Raidió Teilifís Éireann in current affairs and news. He was appointed Press Secretary of the Fianna Fáil party in 1974, based at Leinster House . He was head of the Irish Government 's Information Service and Government Press Secretary from 1977 to 1982, a position that had been established on Dunlop's recommendation. This role involved developing relationships with media outlets, including RTÉ, The Irish Times , Irish Independent amongst others. There were no other authorised radio stations in Ireland at this stage although there were quite
184-582: The civil service in 1986 and became a public relations consultant with Dublin firm, Murray Consultants . He had a director's role which involved developing a portfolio of clients and he head a target fee income to deliver annually. Access to government enables a public relations consultant to be, in effect, a public affairs consultant and Dunlop's immediate prior experience made him uniquely qualified in this respect. He resigned from Murray Consultants in 1989 and established his own firm, Frank Dunlop & Associates. He brought his client portfolio with him, paying
207-566: The consent of the High Court. CAB contended that these lands had been rezoned on 16 December 1997 by Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council from agricultural to industrial after Dunlop bribed and made corrupt payments to councillors to secure their support in the rezoning vote. That rezoning vote increased the value of just 17 acres (69,000 m ) of the property from €8 million to €61 million. CAB has interviewed and took statements from Dunlop between 2004 and 2006. He will be called to testify in
230-513: The council's youngest ever chairperson at age 26. While a councillor, he was associated with several controversial planning decisions. In 1974, he married Catherine Kennedy; they had one son and one daughter. Boland first ran for the Dáil Éireann at the 1969 general election , but was unsuccessful. He did secure election to Seanad Éireann on the Labour Panel , becoming the youngest ever Senator at
253-441: The criminal trial. If this case succeeds the potential money realised by CAB will be substantially more than the yield from gangland criminals since 1996. Other similar cases are likely to ensue involving lands investigated by The Mahon Tribunal . Dunlop himself has been charged with corruption – to which his reply was 'we always knew this day was coming and I will not be contesting the charges'. The lands in question have been
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#1732876369975276-597: The eldest of two sons and one daughter of Charles Boland and his wife Kathleen Boland (née Whitty), both of whom were civil servants. He was educated at Synge Street CBS school and University College Dublin (UCD), where he received a Bachelor of Commerce degree. While in UCD, he served as editor of student publication, Awake. He first held political office in 1967, when he was elected to Dublin County Council at age 23. He served on that authority until 1981. In 1971, he became
299-543: The first National Parks Strategy. After politics, Boland qualified as a barrister and practised on the Dublin and eastern circuits. He also wrote a political column for the Sunday Business Post. After a long illness with cancer, Boland died on 14 August 2000. Many people paid tribute upon his death, including former Taoisigh FitzGerald and John Bruton . Fitzgerald stated that Boland had done more than any Minister in
322-564: The most senior civil service jobs. Boland changed the law so that civil servants could no longer refuse to provide their names, ensuring greater transparency and accountability. As Minister for the Public Service he appointed Ireland's first Ombudsman, Michael Mills . Boland subsequently served as Minister for the Environment . He led the procurement, on behalf of the State, of Malahide Castle, Ardgillan Demesne, Newbridge House and Farm, Skerries Mills and Red Island, Skerries. He also established
345-419: The news desks of newspapers; there was no substantive policy discussions with the media prior to that time". The objective was to facilitate an understanding in the media of what Fianna Fáil was doing or was about at that time. This role enabled Dunlop to develop significant relationships with political correspondents, news reporters, editorial personnel and politicians. Following a change in government, Dunlop
368-520: The partners of Murray Consultants an agreed sum over a period of two or three years. By this stage Dunlop had garnered a knowledge of the essential elements of the Irish planning process although he has no formal training in planning or architecture. Dunlop told The Mahon Tribunal , in June 2006, that he kept a stash of cash to bribe county councillors on a regular basis in the 18 property development transactions he
391-406: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frank_Dunlop&oldid=1245059427 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
414-464: The subject of investigation by The Mahon Tribunal in 2003 and 2004. On 26 May 2009, he was sentenced to two years in prison for corruption, with the final six months suspended. He was released from prison on 10 July 2010, having served 14 months. Dunlop is married to Sheila and has one daughter, Sinéad, They live outside of Dunshaughlin, County Meath. John Boland (Fine Gael politician) John James Boland (30 November 1944 – 14 August 2000)
437-612: The time. He was re-elected to the Seanad in 1973. Boland was elected to Dáil on his third attempt at the 1977 general election as a Fine Gael TD for the Dublin County North constituency. He retained his seat at each subsequent election until losing it in the 1989 election On becoming Fine Gael leader, Garret FitzGerald appointed Boland to the Opposition front bench as spokesperson on Health; he later served as spokesperson on
460-672: The witness stand in 2000, after failing to provide a written statement, Chairman Flood responded to his evidence by asking him to reflect overnight on his position. The following day, Dunlop began to reveal payments that he had made to politicians. His eventually ended 124 days on the witness stand in March 2008 The Criminal Assets Bureau successfully obtained a High Court order on 26 July 2006 freezing land assets of 107 acres (0.43 km ) at Carrickmines , County Dublin owned by Jackson Way Properties Ltd and preventing their sale. This means that these cannot be sold or pledged as collateral without
483-540: Was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Minister for Health from January 1987 to March 1987, Minister for the Environment from 1986 to 1987, Minister for the Public Service from 1982 to 1986 and Minister for Education from 1981 to 1982. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1977 to 1989. He also served as a Senator for the Labour Panel from 1969 to 1977. Boland was born in Dublin in 1944 in Terenure , Dublin,
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#1732876369975506-536: Was an established civil servant with the rank of Assistant Secretary. He moved to the Department of Education when Fine Gael politician John Boland was Minister and his role was liaison with the media. He made some inputs on policy matter on education. He subsequently moved with Boland to the Department of the Environment and worked there for about two years as Assistant Secretary with responsibility for media matters but he had no input on planning matters. Dunlop left
529-850: Was involved with as a public relations consultant. He has described how several politicians telephoned him in panic trying to discover how much he had paid them when bribery allegations first emerged. Liam Lawlor introduced him to landowners and developers. From 1997 to 2000, he presented the Network 2 show Later on 2 with Fergus Finlay former the chef de cabinet of the Labour Party . RTÉ dropped both presenters in favour of Olivia O'Leary , after Tom Gilmartin alleged that Dunlop had made payments to politicians at The Mahon Tribunal. Dunlop studied for an LL.B degree in Irish Law in Griffith College Dublin, Ireland's largest law school, graduating with
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