Former Assistant Dublin City and Council Manager George Redmond had his corruption charge overturned today by the Court of Criminal Appeal.

DEVELOPER Tom Gilmartin yesterday accused former Dublin West TD Liam Lawlor of attempting to blackmail a British property company into taking him on as a consultant.

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The 79-year-old former Dublin City and County Assistant Manager George Redmond has been jailed for one year by Judge Michael White at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for corruption.

GEORGE REDMOND last night spent his first night in jail after becoming the first public official to have been convicted for corruption in the State.

Former Dublin City and County assistant manager George Redmond has been found guilty of corruption.

The jury in the corruption trial of former Dublin City and County Assistant Manager, Mr George Redmond, has been sent to a hotel overnight after failing to reach a verdict.

The corruption trial of former Dublin City and County Assistant Manager, Mr George Redmond, has reached its concluding stages and is scheduled to begin its deliberations Tuesday after being charged by Judge Michael White.

The hearing of evidence in the corruption trial of former Dublin City and County Assistant Manager, Mr George Redmond, has ended and the jury is scheduled to begin its deliberations on Tuesday next after being addressed by counsel and by Judge Michael White.

The former Dublin City and County Assistant Manager, Mr George Redmond, told gardaí he got a cheque for Ir£5,000 "out of the blue" from car salesman Brendan Fassnidge in 1988.

The corruption trial of former Dublin City and County Assistant Manager, Mr George Redmond, has continued legal argument in the absence of the jury.

The corruption trial of former Dublin City and County Assistant Manager, Mr George Redmond, has continued in legal argument in the absence of the jury.

The corruption trial of former Dublin City and County Assistant Manager, Mr George Redmond, has continued in legal argument in the absence of the jury.

The former City and County Manager, Mr Frank Feely has told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that Mr George Redmond did not have responsibility for planning matters in 1987-88.

A former car salesman told the corruption trial of former Dublin Assistant City and County Manager, Mr George Redmond, that he recalled paying a £10,000 to Dublin County Council for a right-of-way, despite his earlier denials of doing so.

A businessman has told a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court corruption trial jury that he gave £10,000 in a brown envelope to the former Assistant City and County Manager, Mr George Redmond, but said Mr Redmond didn't ask him for it.