Crean attacks Labour’s Ó Ríordáin over opposition to Howth development plan

Pat Crean (left), the property developer, and Aodhan Ó Ríordáin, Labour Party Senator, are at loggerheads over the proposed development of the Bailey Court Hotel site in Howth Pic: Collins

Property developer Pat Crean has accused Labour senator Aodhan Ó Ríordáin of engaging in a “generalised, unsubstantiated emotive diatribe” over a proposed housing development.

Emails seen by The Sunday Business Post lay bare an escalating row between the chief executive of Marlet property group and Ó Ríordáin, who has refused to meet Crean.

The politician is backing residents seeking a judicial review of Marlet’s plans for a 164-unit apartment development on Balscadden Road ...