WE don’t do corruption in this country.

During the trial which collapsed yesterday, questions were put to Frank Dunlop about whether he was revealing all he knew about corrupt payments to politicians, writes Michael Clifford.

Charges of corruption against four councillors and a businessman have been withdrawn by the State due to the medical condition of the chief prosecution witness.

Former senator and county councillor Don Lydon has been discharged from his corruption trial following legal discussions.

Former senator and county councillor Don Lydon has been discharged from his corruption trial following legal discussions.

The trial of four councillors accused of accepting bribes to rezone more than 100 acres of land has heard that the rezoning went against the advice of the then county manager.

The trial of four Councillors accused of accepting bribes to rezone over 100 acres of land has heard that the rezoning went against the advice of the then county manager.

Businessman Jim Kennedy “emphatically” denied ever giving money to ex-lobbyist Frank Dunlop, the Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

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

A former political lobbyist has told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that he made cash payments to county councillors to secure their votes for the rezoning of land.

A former political lobbyist has told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that he made cash payments to county councillors to secure their votes for the rezoning of land.

The trial of five men accused of giving or receiving corrupt payments in relation to the rezoning of land in South County Dublin is due to open before a jury today.

A businessman accused of making corrupt payments to local politicians in Dublin in the 1990s has told a court that he did not know any of the Councillors in question.

In any movie involving dodgy payments to politicians, you need a go-between, a “bag man”. Frank Dunlop came right out of central casting.

The Mahon Tribunal has withheld publication of one section of its groundbreaking report on planning corruption as several councillors and a businessman are facing an upcoming criminal trial on related matters.

A trial date has been set at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for five men on charges of giving or receiving corrupt payments in relation to the rezoning of lands.

A trial date at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has been set for a Fianna Fáil Councillor charged with corruptly receiving money.

A former Fianna Fáil councillor accused of accepting money to vote for rezoning of lands in Carrickmines in Dublin in the 1990s was today remanded on continuing bail in his absence due to poor health.

A former councillor charged with accepting money to vote for rezoning of lands in Carrickmines in Dublin in the 1990's, was remanded on bail in his absence today after a court heard he is in hospital.

Businessman Jim Kennedy, who is accused of numerous counts of corrupt payments to politicians, was served with a book of evidence today and sent forward for trial before a judge and jury.

BUSINESSMAN Jim Kennedy, who was last week charged with numerous counts of corrupt payments to politicians, was remanded on continuing bail when he appeared at Cloverhill District Court.

FORMER Fine Gael TD Liam Cosgrave Jnr was arrested and brought before court charged with receiving illegal payments linked to the controversial Carrickmines development.

A former Fine Gael politician appeared at the Dublin District Court this afternoon to face charges of taking corrupt payments in relation to rezoning of lands in Carrickmines in Dublin in the 1990's.

Businessman Jim Kennedy, who is charged with making corrupt payments to politicians, has taken up bail.

Businessman Jim Kennedy is due back in court this morning after being charged with making corrupt payments to politicians.

FOUR former Fianna Fáil councillors and businessman Jim Kennedy are to face a criminal trial on charges of planning corruption related to the rezoning of lands in Carrickmines, Co Dublin, during the 1990s.

BUSINESSMAN and tax exile Jim Kennedy is to face 16 charges of making corrupt payments to politicians during the 1990s in return for their votes to rezone lands owned by one of his companies, Jackson Way Properties, at Carrickmines in south Dublin.

Four former Fianna Fáil politicians and a Gibraltar-based businessman tonight appeared in court in connection with a multimillion-euro land deal alleged to be corrupt.

IT’S not on the air yet. It’s not shot yet. There’s no pilot yet. There might not even be a script yet.

IT’S not on the air yet. It’s not shot yet. There’s no pilot yet. There might not even be a script yet.

ONCE again the trials of the tribunals have proved an election asset for those who have been dragged through it but still want to further their political careers.

FORMER government press secretary Frank Dunlop has been given 18 months in prison and fined €30,000 for making corrupt payments to politicians over the rezoning of land at Carrickmines in south Dublin during the 1990s.

Former Government press secretary Frank Dunlop was today jailed for 18 months and fined €30,000 for corruption after bribing councillors to rezone land around Dublin for lucrative development deals.

Former Government press secretary Frank Dunlop will be sentenced today for bribing councillors to rezone land for development.

Former Government Press Secretary and lobbyist Frank Dunlop will be sentenced next week after detailed accounts of his bribes to county councillors were given at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Former Government press secretary Frank Dunlop will be sentenced today for five counts of corruption.

Former Government press secretary and lobbyist Frank Dunlop has pleaded guilty to bribing Dublin County Councillors to vote in favour of a land deal in the 90s.

THE Mahon Tribunal heard yesterday about a businessman who believed he quit a property company in the mid-1990s only to find he was still listed as a director six years later.

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EFFORTS to develop the former Baldoyle Racecourse in north county Dublin during the early 1990s proved to be a non-runner, the Mahon Planning Tribunal heard yesterday.

FORMER Fine Gael senator Liam T Cosgrave yesterday claimed the Mahon Planning Tribunal was “protecting” Frank Dunlop, whom he called a “perjuring parrot”.

THE US TV network behind the cartoon South Park yesterday defended a controversial new episode that lampoons dead crocodile hunter Steve Irwin.

JUDGE Gerald Keys of the Mahon Planning Tribunal suggested yesterday councillors might have acted irresponsibly by ignoring safety fears when they voted to rezone land near Dublin Airport in 1993.

A DUBLIN businessman said yesterday it was “coincidence” that he and two associates failed to tell the Mahon Planning Tribunal about Ciaran Haughey’s involvement in their airfreight warehousing project.