Liam Carroll. Photograph: Courtpix
In legal correspondence cited in another affidavit, EWR lawyers said Mr Dowling introduced and all times represented himself as “Christy Dowling for the owner EWR” or “Christy Dowling for the developer EWR”. Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, the former Anglo Irish Bank, has charges over another company in which Christy Dowling is a director, Newlyn Ltd.
Mr McHugh said he could not talk when phoned this month because he was with family. He arranged to take a call later that day to discuss the property but did not answer the phone and did not reply to voicemails or questions sent by email and text. The site was under IDA control from 1979 but it sold the leasehold to Bolton Trust in 1999, requiring the property to be used for enterprise. The trust leased industrial units to start-up companies.
Former minister of state for enterprise, Mary Mitchell O’Connor, signed a consent order in March 2017. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins The sale was off-market, meaning the property was not publicly offered for sale in an open process to test demand.