A former Fianna Fáil running mate of Brian Cowen has suffered minor injuries after shots were fired while he was leaving home with his family.

A Kildare man has been charged with stalking a former general election running mate of Brian Cowen.

SOLICITOR Jeremy Doyle has denied confirming he was to be paid €150,000 for entering into “dummy” contracts, never to be performed, for the onward sale of lands in Co Offaly at the centre of a land deal “scam” allegedly driven by former FF Cllr Gerard Killally.

An investor suing Brian Cowen’s former running mate for making more than €5m in secret profits on a land deal says he only learned what happened months later.

A one-time running mate of the Taoiseach Brian Cowen is being sued in the High Court for making a secret profit of €6m on a land deal.

A FIANNA Fáil councillor and his wife have been ordered by a High Court judge to repay commercial loans totalling €2.6 million to Bank of Ireland.