Businessman Joseph Murphy Jr has brought a legal action against the Planning Tribunal and State claiming damages over alleged misfeasance in public office.

Ray Burke is not corrupt. A paper trail of money received by him is simply a testament to his political ability, says Michael Clifford

Shannon Rangers 0-9 Dr Crokes 2-16: It was all so easy for Dr Crokes who had 13 points to spare over last year’s semi-finalists Shannon Rangers in this Kerry SFC first round tie at Tarbert on Saturday evening.

EIGHT days ago, George Redmond’s name was cleared before the law, after a decade-long battle. George is 90. He is a retired public servant and former assistant manager for Dublin City and county.

Formerly famous as the foul-mouthed Green who thought he might be 25% gay, ex-TD Paul Gogarty has staged a remarkable return to national attention as an unlikely chart star.

The State is facing legal bills of more than €400m from the Mahon and Moriarty Tribunals.

If Katie Taylor decides to go into the world of women’s professional boxing, she can expect a tough slog in a business dominated by men and largely motivated by money.

A small newspaper ad offering a £10,000 reward led to the establishment of the Mahon tribunal, writes Michael Clifford.

FORMER Miss Ireland and social columnist Amanda Brunker will no doubt be hitting a few high notes when she joins seven other celebrities taking the reins of GAA teams for the hit RTÉ series Celebrity Bainisteoir.

Senior figures in the Fine Gael party have claimed they could be on course for single-party government.

One Green TD has already conceded defeat.

Government chief whip John Curran has confirmed the Taoiseach Brian Cowen will make a statement in the Dáil in the next 15 minutes.

Taoiseach Brian Cowen was today expected to reshuffle his Cabinet after an exodus of four ministers.

THE Greens have given mixed signals as to how long they are prepared to stay in Government before demanding a general election next year.

Gaffe-prone Green TD Paul Gogarty has been forced to defend bringing his 18-month-old daughter to a media briefing on Monday at which the junior coalition partner said it was seeking a general election in January.

Green Party TD Paul Gogarty has reacted furiously to comments from Tourism Minister Mary Hanafin who said this morning that she didn't think the junior coalition party had the best interests of the country at heart.

THE Green Party has admitted it has lost its bid to protect students from hikes in registration fees, but said any increases should not take the charge beyond €2,000 a year.

The Green Party's Education Spokesman Paul Gogarty has indicated that he is not running for the position of Mayor of Dublin.

A Green party TD has said he "simply won't stand for" massive cuts to education or the effective re-introduction of college fees "by stealth".

Green Party TD Paul Gogarty says he can make the transition from maverick to mayor in order to become the new Dublin Mayor.

GREEN PARTY TD Paul Gogarty has become the subject of public anger yet again after launching an expletive-riddled online attack against opposition politicians and the general public.

THE escalating controversy surrounding Ivor Callely’s expenses claims took a dramatic turn last night as Garda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy intervened personally in the affair.

Embattled senator Ivor Callely was tonight facing a Garda investigation over allegations he used forged documents to claim expenses.

A senior Government Minister has said Ivor Callely still has a case to answer in light of fresh allegations over his expenses.

Green Party TD Paul Gogarty has made a formal complaint to Gardaí concerning Ivor Callely's expenses.

THE TAOISEACH has suspended Ivor Callely from Fianna Fáil after the embattled senator failed to answer phone calls from a senior party figure looking for an explanation into allegations he forged expense claims.

WHAT’S a guy gotta do to get thrown out around here?

THE Greens last night ratcheted-up pressure on Fianna Fáil for radical reform of corporate donations to political parties by calling for legislation by the end of the year.

A woman in her eighties was overcharged more than €67,000 over a two-year period by the nursing home she resided at, the High Court heard today.

GREEN TD Paul Gogarty won’t face further sanction over his foul-mouthed outburst in the Dáil – thanks to the precedent set following a “fracas” between TDs in 1947.

THE Green TD best known for a foul-mouthed outburst in the Dáil is considering running for the Dublin mayoralty.

HAD Brian Cowen been the chief executive of a private company which failed as badly as his Government he would have been forced to resign, not rearrange his management team, according to Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny.

ONE of the most heavily criticised ministers in Brian Cowen’s Cabinet has downplayed suggestions that he will be axed by the Taoiseach in the forthcoming reshuffle.

Green Party TD Paul Gogarty has admitted the Green Parliamentary Party is divided on whether Minister Willie O'Dea should resign.

A RATTLED Green leadership last night moved to try and rubbish claims of spinelessness in its dealings with Fianna Fáil.

THE new Dáil expenses system has been criticised by a TD who says it is wrong that he and his colleagues will be allowed claim thousands of euro in unvouched expenses every year.

HOW absolutely eloquent is Paul Gogarty, the Green TD who also happens to be the chair of an education committee for which he is paid an additional €20,000.

The list of words and phrases which are deemed inappropriate for use in the Dáil is to be updated.

RULES governing the Dáil are to be strengthened so TDs will be suspended from the House if they resort to the expletive-laden language used by Green deputy Paul Gogarty last week.

LAST Friday, Deputy Paul Gogarty of the Green party was heard in the Dáil attempting to persuade Labour’s Deputy Emmet Stagg — and the country at large — of the sincerity of his conviction that inflicting savage cuts on those who cannot afford them might be wrong but it was necessary. Deputy Stagg evidently had some understandable difficulty with the contradiction in Deputy Gogarty’s assertion.

DÁIL tensions sparked by deep welfare cuts exploded into foul-mouthed rage yesterday as a Government TD shouted: “Fuck you!” at an opposition deputy in the chamber.

GOVERNMENT TD Paul Gogarty’s foul-mouthed outburst in the Dáil came after his admission that he would support the budget cuts to public sector pay and social welfare even though they were “fundamentally unfair” and “wrong”.

THE hair standing up on the top of his head is not the only similarity Green TD Paul Gogarty shares with the most famous of his Dublin mid-west constituents, Jedward.