Many people in the upper echelons of Fianna Fáil, including then taoiseach Albert Reynolds, were aware of a £50,000 donation to former minister Pádraig Flynn which was never put in Fianna Fáil’s coffers.

BEHIND every successful man there is a woman, it has been said.

DISCREPANCIES in the statement of Noel McBride which incriminated the McBrearty family in the death of Richie Barron in Raphoe, Co Donegal, were never followed up with essential inquiries.