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The Planning Tribunal has rejected an application by builders Joe McGowan and Tom Brennan to have their legal costs paid by the State.

The Planning Tribunal is due to issue its ruling today in an application for costs from builders Tom Brennan and Joe McGowan.

The Planning Tribunal is due to rule today on whether the taxpayer should pick up the €10m legal bill accrued by former Government minister Ray Burke.

THE Planning Tribunal’s main witness, Tom Gilmartin, has lashed out at the Fianna Fáil party for seeking money to clear up corruption in the planning system in Dublin in the late 1980s and then failing to take any action.

THE Planning Tribunal has heard allegations that “a golden circle” was in operation to prevent Tom Gilmartin from developing a major shopping centre at Quarryvale in west Dublin.

The Planning Tribunal’s latest interim report has found that former council official George Redmond received corrupt payments from two property developers.

The Planning Tribunal’s report into the activities of George Redmond will reportedly be published later today.

The Planning Tribunal has announced its intention to refer former Fianna Fáil TD Liam Lawlor to the Director of Public Prosecutions for allegedly perjuring himself earlier this year.

The Planning Tribunal is due to make a decision later today on whether to refer former Fianna Fáil TD Liam Lawlor to the High Court for failing to co-operate with its investigations.

The Planning Tribunal is due to decide today whether former Fianna Fáil TD Liam Lawlor is co-operating fully with its investigation into alleged planning corruption in Dublin.

THE Planning Tribunal has referred the non-attendance of an English solicitor at yesterday’s sitting of the inquiry to the English Law Society.

THE Planning Tribunal has exposed major contradictions in Liam Lawlor's claims that he never had any involvement in major property deals in Ireland.

THE Planning Tribunal chairman, Judge Alan Mahon, said evidence about Liam Lawlor’s role in creating false documentation would suggest the former TD was engaged in money laundering.

The Planning Tribunal has accused former Fianna Fáil TD Liam Lawlor of providing meaningless information about a £100,000 fee he received for helping find a property in London for a wealthy buyer three years ago.

The Planning Tribunal has been told that music promoter Oliver Barry and Gay Byrne discussed applying for a national radio licence on November 6th 1987, ten days before the Government made public its intentions to invite applications for radio licences.