A retired Fianna Fáil senator yesterday appeared, along with two others, at a sitting of a District Court on a charge of demanding money by menaces.

Former political lobbyist Frank Dunlop is due to give further evidence to the Mahon Tribunal today about bribes he allegedly paid to several Dublin county councillors in the early 1990s.

Former government press secretary Frank Dunlop is expected to make fresh allegations about payments to Dublin county councillors when the Mahon Tribunal resumes today.

A FIANNA FÁIL senator is due to be named today as one of a number of politicians who accepted an alleged bribe in return for voting in favour of a controversial rezoning issue.

IF it took the Flood Tribunal almost four years to determine the purpose of three separate payments to just one politician, Ray Burke, how long will it need to examine allegations that Frank Dunlop alone paid out almost £300,000 to dozens of councillors in the early 1990s?