Burke to be sentenced in New Year

FORMER Fianna Fáil minister, Ray Burke, will have to wait until after Christmas to find out whether he will face imprisonment despite paying over €1.3m in settlement of his outstanding taxes.

Mr Burke will learn in January whether he will be put behind bars after being convicted of two tax offences.

Judge Desmond Hogan deferred sentencing of the man described as "a Dáil pensioner" at the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court yesterday until January 24 in order to consider legal submissions from his lawyers.