The trial of former Dublin Assistant County Manager, George Redmond, charged with receiving a bribe in return for purchasing development land, has heard he was originally reluctant to buy it.

A jury in the corruption trial of former Dublin Assistant County Manager, Mr George Redmond, has been told he admitted to gardaí that he received money in relation to a compulsory purchase order on land.

A taxi driver knifed to death in the North was the victim of a horrendous crime, his manager said today.