Vital information about the consortium awarded the contract to build the €63m National Aquatic centre which would have resulted in its exclusion from the tendering process was withheld from the Taoiseach and members of the Government, the High Court heard today.

The Labour Party has slammed the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, for not sacking Paddy Teahon over the controversy surrounding the aquatic centre under construction in west Dublin.

The board of directors overseeing the Stadium Ireland project is due to hold a meeting tonight following the revelation that one of the firms involved in the project is a ‘shelf company’ with assets of just stg£4.