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Sat 06 Jun 2007O'Callaghan 'rattled' by inquiries, says GilmartinFormer Fianna Fáil press secretary Frank Dunlop was paid £300,000 to "sing the right song to the tribunal", it was claimed at the Mahon tribunal yesterday. Fiona Gartlandreports.Giving evidence Tom Gilmartin said an anonymous caller told him that rival developer Owen O'Callaghan had made the payment. The caller had said Mr O'Callaghan was "rattled" by the tribunal's investigations into dealings he had with Mr Dunlop and by stories in the press, and had called an urgent meeting in west Dublin with Mr Dunlop some time in 1998 or 1999.