FORMER political lobbyist Frank Dunlop could soon be facing a criminal prosecution on charges of corruption as a result of a detailed investigation by the Criminal Assets Bureau.

The remaining criminal charge against George Redmond has been dropped by the State.

The George Redmond corruption trial has ended with the jury acquitting him on one charge and failing to agree a verdict on the second count.

George Redmond has been acquitted at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of receiving a £10,000-punt bribe from a Fianna Fáil councillor in 1980, the jury are still deliberating on a second charge.

The jury in George Redmond's corruption trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has retired to a hotel for the night before they resume their deliberations tomorrow.

The jury in George Redmond's corruption trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has been told that "the core issue" for the jurors is to decide whether he told the truth to gardaí or later under oath to the Flood Tribunal.

The jury in George Redmond's corruption trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has been told that a person doesn't have to be dishonest to be corrupt.

Closing speeches have concluded in George Redmond's corruption trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court with the prosecution telling the jury on day-15 of the trial that his actions "reeked of corruption".

The hearing of evidence has ended at George Redmond's corruption trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court and the concluding stages have now been reached.

The terms "bribery" and "corruption" were never raised in meetings in 1999 between George Redmond's solicitor and Garda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy, who was then chief of the Criminal Assets Bureau, a court has heard today.

George Redmond's trial for accepting a bribe from Fianna Fáil Councillor Patrick Dunne has heard his tax return for 1990 stated he received Ir£10,000 in "gratuitous receipts" from someone with the initials "PD".

George Redmond told gardaí he regularly received large sums of money from people representing development companies his corruption trial has been told.

A former Criminal Assets Bureau officer has given evidence at the corruption trial of George Redmond that he admitted in interview he received Irl£10,000 from the Fianna Fáil Councillor, Patrick Dunne.

The Ir£10,000 corruption trial of George Redmond has continued again with legal issues in the absence of the jury on day nine of the hearing at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

The Ir£10,000 corruption trial of George Redmond has continued on day-eight of the hearing in legal argument in the absence of the jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

The corruption trial of George Redmond at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has continued in legal argument and it is hoped to resume the hearing of evidence before the jury tomorrow

The corruption trial of George Redmond at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has continued in legal argument and the hearing of evidence is expected to resume today.

A prominent businessman has told the George Redmond corruption trial that he used the Fianna Fáil chief whip on Dublin County Council, the late Mr Patrick Dunne, to assist him in planning matters.

The trial of former Dublin Assistant County Manager, George Redmond, charged with receiving a bribe in return for purchasing development land, has heard he was originally reluctant to buy it.

A jury in the corruption trial of former Dublin Assistant County Manager, Mr George Redmond, has been told he admitted to gardaí that he received money in relation to a compulsory purchase order on land.

Former Dublin assistant city and county manager George Redmond is due to appear in court today to face corruption charges.

An application will be made on behalf of Mr George Redmond, former Assistant City and County Manager, to halt his scheduled Dublin Circuit Criminal Court trial next month for alleged corruption.

Mr George Redmond, former Assistant Dublin City and County Manager, is to be arraigned on alleged corruption charges on April 18, 2005 at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

The trial of Mr George Redmond, former Assistant City and County Manager, for alleged corruption which had been scheduled to start next week has been adjourned to a date to be set.

The former Dublin Assistant City and County Manager George Redmond has been granted free legal aid for a trial scheduled to start on December 1 at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

JAILED former Dublin City and County assistant manager, George Redmond, has made another appearance before Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on corruption charges.

IF George Redmond felt the world ceased to exist upon his arrest by the Criminal Assets Bureau at Dublin Airport four years ago, he must surely believe the heavens collapsed entirely on his life yesterday.

GEORGE REDMOND, who is serving a 12-month prison sentence on corruption charges, could face further criminal prosecutions for the same offence after the latest interim report by the Planning Tribunal found he had received bribes from two businessmen in the late 1980s.

GEORGE REDMOND, who will spend the next year behind bars for accepting a bribe, faces two more corruption charges at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court next year.

The trial of former public official George Redmond for alleged corruption concerning land rezoning decisions in west Dublin in the 1980s has been set to start on May 19 next.