A loan agreement, dated Aug 2006 and signed by a former councillor accused of accepting corrupt payments and a developer, was not created until Jan 2007, according to gardaí.

A Waterford man “rehearsed” his admission of INLA membership with gardaí, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

The trial of seven men accused of membership of an unlawful organisation, the Continuity IRA, was halted at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today to allow for the recall of one of the main prosecution witnesses.