Lawyers for the Mahon Tribunal have claimed former Fianna Fáil TD Liam Lawlor, businessman Jim Kennedy and solicitor John Caldwell were all involved in the purchase of lands at Coolamber in west Dublin in 1987.

Former Fianna Fail TD Liam Lawlor has denied threatening and blackmailing solicitor John Caldwell as part of a dispute over the sale of land at Coolamber in Lucan.

Former Fianna Fáil TD Liam Lawlor is due to face further questions about his financial affairs at the Planning Tribunal later today.

Former Fianna Fáil TD Liam Lawlor has accused the Planning Tribunal of using documents obtained from another source to manipulate proceedings against him.

Former Fianna Fáil TD Liam Lawlor is due to face a seventh day of questioning before the Planning Tribunal today.

THE Planning Tribunal has exposed major contradictions in Liam Lawlor's claims that he never had any involvement in major property deals in Ireland.

The body of a middle-aged man was found in an upstairs room in a house in South Co Dublin this morning.