The Heineken BAM consortium has won the battle to build Cork's first multi-million events centre on the former Beamish and Crawford brewery site in the city centre.

Tom Gilmartin, one of the key witnesses at the Mahon Tribunal into planning corruption, has died.

A former political lobbyist has admitted that he told “big lies about important matters” when he gave evidence to a tribunal 13 years ago.

Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has insisted he never accepted a bribe or corrupt payment after a long-awaited corruption inquiry found he did not tell the truth about a labyrinth of cash payments.

Bertie Ahern said this evening that he rejects the finding of the Mahon Tribunal that he was not truthful in his account of events.

A notorious appearance on 'The Late Late Show' was the beginning of the end for Padraig Flynn.

Speculation is mounting that publication of the long-awaited final report of the Mahon Tribunal is imminent.

The Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has hit out at Fine Gael, for "playing the man and not the ball".

Businessman Owen O'Callaghan is one of a group of individuals and firms that today secured leave from the High Court to challenge the Mahon Tribunal's refusal to furnish them with any draft findings that relate to them contained in the tribunal of inquiry's report.

Ireland’s longest running tribunal which forced the resignation of former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern ended today after 10 years and a cost of €300m.

The former Taoiseach is in the witness box at the Mahon Tribunal for the second day this week.

Bertie Ahern has again denied that he received bribes from developer Owen O'Callaghan in the 1990s.

Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern returns to the witness box at the Mahon Tribunal this morning.

Albert Reynolds has been declared medically unfit to give evidence at the Mahon Tribunal.

Property developer Owen O'Callaghan is giving evidence to the Mahon Tribunal today as part of its investigation into the Quarryvale development.

An auditor for building developer Owen O'Callaghan has told the Mahon Tribunal that she recorded certain accounts without requesting invoices as proof.

The journalist and broadcaster Eamon Dunphy has told the Mahon Tribunal that property developer Owen O'Callaghan described Bertie Ahern as someone who failed to deliver on his commitments.

The Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, has shrugged off the latest opinion poll figures showing that a majority of voters do not believe his evidence to the Mahon Tribunal.

Former Dublin County Manager John Fitzgerald has denied that he had an agreement with property developer Owen O'Callaghan about the Quarryvale development in Dublin.

The man whose allegations prompted the Mahon Tribunal's investigation of the Taoiseach is due back in the inquiry's witness box this morning.

The Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has launched an attack on developer Tom Gilmartin at the Mahon Tribunal this morning.

The Mahon Tribunal is expected to give its decision today on whether to continue its investigation into Taoiseach Bertie Ahern's finances.

The Mahon Tribunal has summoned the Taoiseach to give evidence at Dublin Castle later this month.

Developer Tom Gilmartin says he would have built a very different development at Quarryvale in west Dublin if he had been allowed to develop the site.

Property developer Owen O'Callaghan has accused the late Fine Gael Councillor Tom Hand of seeking £250,000 punt in return for planning favours.

Property developer Tom Gilmartin has denied leaking information from the planning tribunal in the late 1990s.

The Mahon Tribunal is facing further delays, with key witness Frank Dunlop unable to attend until early July for medical reasons.

Judge Alan Mahon has hit back angrily at lawyers for Minister Micheal Martin who claimed the judge failed to protect their client's reputation from "malicious and bizarre" allegations.

A lawyer for the Minister for Enterprise Micheál Martin has attacked the Mahon Tribunal for failing to protect his client's reputation from "malicious and bizarre" allegations.

Property developer Tom Gilmartin has been giving evidence to the Mahon Tribunal today about bribes he says were paid to several leading politicians by rival builder Owen O'Callaghan.

Property developer Tom Gilmartin has begun giving evidence at the Mahon Tribunal about the money he says rival builder Owen O'Callaghan gave to Bertie Ahern for planning favours.

Property developer Tom Gilmartin has said he suspects former Taoiseach Albert Reynolds may have helped to frustrate his efforts to develop a shopping centre at the Quarryvale site in Dublin.

Property developer Tom Gilmartin is due back before the Mahon Tribunal today to face cross examination about his corruption allegations against the Taoiseach.

The chairman of the Mahon Tribunal has hit back following yesterday's attack on the inquiry by a barrister representing the Taoiseach.

The chairman of the Mahon Tribunal is expected to respond today to allegations of bias from lawyers representing the Taoiseach.

The Mahon Tribunal has said a major discrepancy exists in relation to the Taoiseach's evidence about lodgements made to his bank accounts in the 1990s.

The Taoiseach's finances are among the main issues under investigation at the latest phase of the Mahon Tribunal into alleged political corruption.

The long-awaited Quarryvale phase of the Mahon Tribunal is due to get underway at Dublin Castle later today.

The Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has issued a lengthy statement on his financial affairs and the purchase of his house in Drumcondra.

The Taoiseach has again insisted that the Planning Tribunal is not investigating anything to do with the STG£30,000 given to him by businessman Micheal Wall.

The leader of the Green Party is calling on the Taoiseach to make a public statement about his financial affairs following yesterday's adjournment of the Mahon Tribunal until after the general election.

Liam Lawlor's widow has failed in her bid to prevent the Quarryvale II module of the Mahon Tribunal from going ahead on Monday.

Developer Owen O'Callaghan is reportedly planning to construct a major new shopping and residential complex on the site of the Irish Examiner offices in Cork city centre.

WAS 2005 the year when the craziness went truly mad? Or made? Walford, a Dublin Shrewsbury Road house, sold in summer for a mind-blowing €58 million, on 1.8 acres, and may or may not have development potential.