George Redmond
A Mr. Bat 0’Shea was once asked did he ever give money to George Redmond.
Bat 0’Shea
I did. I gave him two hundred pounds once and I told him to buy golf balls. Jays if you were playing golf with him he’d spend the whole day looking for a ball. If it went into the rough, you’d never finish a game with him.
Ahhh, yes. George Redmond, the man whose motto could be:
Show me the money.
Apart from the three hundred thousand squirreled away on the Isle of Man, Mr. Redmond had nearly thirty thousand pounds in spare change in his bathroom.
And the Tribunal thought he had several thousand pounds hidden in a shed – But it turned out to be ‘The Shield’ –an insurance company.
George had over twenty different bank accounts and could remember accurately how much he had in each one.
The bank of Ireland, Raheny had seven pounds in it for over twenty years.
When George declared:
I’m a heavy saver.
He wasn’t joking.
Des O’Neill, Senior Council for the tribunal, asked Mr. Redmond about accounts that were opened using fictional names and addresses.
In respect of the accounts with financial institutions such as UDT and Credit Finance Bank, you were giving fictional addresses; isn’t that right?
Redmond
I was giving…well, I wasn’t giving my home address. I was giving addresses of - in the case I gave my - in the case of Hollybank; that was a good friend of mine. I got his consent - I said: ‘can I put it in your name?’ and he said: ‘yes’.
Did you then use another friend’s account in Northbrook – sorry: address in Northbrook Road. Crosby house was another address.
That is, he moved from Hollybank, the same place. The same man, yes. He is deceased by the way. A very good friend.
Did you also indicate at one point in time that you had an address in Mijas Costa in Spain, in Calahonda?
I don’t know whether I ever used it - did I use it? I don’t know. Maybe I did yeah. That was a cousin of mine.
Des O’Neill
Yes. The Credit Finance bank account, which was opened on the 20th of October 1987, gives your name as Soirse Mac Raymonn of Villa la Torre, Piesis Bahos, Calle Malaga, Citiode Calahonda, Mihas Costa, Espagna.
That was my friend as well. He was a first cousin - not a first cousin - a removed cousin.
Des O’Neill
The bank account that you opened with Credit Finance in May of 1980 was one in which you had given your address as Oracle Cottage, Alderwinkle, Northants, England.
That is true. That was a sister in law of mine.
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