Stage director and administrator, born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, N England, UK. He studied at University College London. After founding and directing Piccolo Theatre, Manchester (1954), he became an associate director of the Bristol Old Vic (1956), director of Nottingham Playhouse (19614), associate director at the National Theatre (196771), and administrator (196871). He founded the Young Vic in 1970, became the company's director (1978, 19803), and was director of the Edinburgh Festival (198391). He has also worked extensively in America and Belgium.
Frank Dunlop, (born October 9, 1947) in County Kilkenny, Ireland is for former broadcast journalist with RTE serving in Dublin and Belfast. He is a key witness to The Mahon Tribunal which is investigating improper payments by property developers to Irish politicians and will be a key witness in pending corruption cases involving property developers and politicians to whom he paid bribes on their behalf.
Party and Government Press Secretary
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. 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 the news desks of newspapers;
This role enabled Dunlop to develop significant relationships with political correspondents, news reporters, editorial personnel and politicians.
Departments of Education and Environment
Following a change in government, Dunlop was an established civil servant with the rank of Assistant Secretary.
He subsequently moved with Mr 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.
Public Relations Consultant
Frank Dunlop left the civil service in 1986 and became a public relations consultant with Dublin firm, Murray Consultants. 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 &
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 was involved with as a public relations consultant.
The Mahon Tribunal
The Irish Government established a Tribunal of Inquiry Into Certain Planning Matters and Payments, The Mahon Tribunal, formerly known as The Flood Tribunal, on November 4, 1997.
Criminal Assets Bureau Investigation
The Criminal Assets Bureau successfully obtained a High Court order on July 26, 2006 freezing land assets of 107 acres at Carickmines, County Dublin owned by Jackson Way Properties Ltd and preventing their sale.
The lands in question are at Carrickmines, County Dublin and have been the subject of investigation by The Mahon Tribunal in 2003 and 2004.
If this case succeeds the potential money realised by CAB will be substantially more than the yield from gangland criminals since 1996.
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