A former company director, who filed fraudulent Vat returns over two years, has been ordered to furnish a court with details of his assets, ahead of a sentencing hearing.

Prominent republican Thomas “Slab” Murphy is to have his constitutional challenge to prevent his trial in the anti-terrorist Special Criminal Court heard by the High Court in June.

FINES totalling €50,000 were imposed on Kerry’s largest Ford dealership which was convicted of four charges relating to incorrect VAT returns at the Circuit Criminal Court in Tralee, last night.