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.

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 FORMER Fianna Fáil senator was still using his Dublin home for personal correspondence this summer and not the Donegal house he used to claim mileage from.