A member of the Carlton Group has claimed that it was made clear to him that all the Carlton properties in Dublin's O'Connell Street area would be made subject of a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) unless well-known property developer Treasury Holdings Limited (THL) and a related company, Keelgrove, were partners in the the multi-million euro Carlton development project and had a half share. Mr Paul Clinton, a property developer and member of the Carlton Group, said it was made clear to him, in discussions with THL/Keelgrove, that it was "futile" to try and develop the Carlton Project without THL/Keelgrove and "that nothing was going to happen on O'Connell Street until THL and Keelgrove were partners

