Two more Fianna Fáil members criticised in the damning Mahon Tribunal report resigned from the party yesterday ahead of a motion to expel them later this week.

Anne Devitt, who has quit Fine Gael in the wake of the Mahon Report, has said she never did anything that had “impinged” on her duty to constitutents.

THREE gardaí narrowly missed being shot after bullets were fired at a Dublin house in an attack described as “deplorable” by the Garda Commissioner.

DUBLIN county councillor Therese Ridge has described a IR£250,000 bribe allegation against a fellow Fine Gael member as “amazing, unbelievable and even quite hilarious”.

FINE GAEL frontbench TD Olivia Mitchell could not explain to the Mahon Tribunal yesterday how documents relating to allegations of bribery against fellow party councillor Tom Hand ended up in the Leinster House car park.

PROPERTY developer Owen O’Callaghan picked up the tab when Fine Gael councillor Therese Ridge and lobbyist Frank Dunlop flew to Cork as part of her canvass for the 1993 Seanad election, the Mahon Tribunal heard yesterday.

LOBBYIST Frank Dunlop described yesterday how former Fine Gael leader John Bruton remarked the world was not “populated by angels” when he was informed a party councillor was seeking a corrupt payment for his vote.

IT is unlikely that the student who attacked his teacher will be allowed to attend classes at his school in the run-up to his Leaving Certificate exams.

PEOPLE believe the planning process “is still not as clean as it should be” — despite the ongoing work of the Mahon Planning Tribunal, Labour TD Sean Ryan said yesterday.

FORMER Fine Gael TD Liam Cosgrave has denied conspiring with Frank Dunlop to mislead the Flood Tribunal by claiming any bribes he received from the political lobbyist were legitimate political donations.

FORMER Fianna Fáil TD Liam Lawlor was central to attempts to rezone lands through the use of bribes and undue influence, according to statements Frank Dunlop has given to the Flood Tribunal.

Motorists will be hit with a 20% VAT hike on the Westlink toll bridge from Friday.