Former taoiseach Albert Reynold’s attempts to solicit funds from a developer were improper and his failure to inquire into a donation to one of his ministers was wrong, Fianna Fáil’s Micheál Martin has admitted.

GEORGE Lee has made an eejit of himself. The biggest loser in George Lee’s series of decisions to exit RTÉ and now return is himself. He has reduced his broadcasting and political careers to a media circus. Within a week, this will have evaporated.