Ex-NCT staff face bribery charges

Three former National Car Test employees and another man have appeared in court accused of accepting bribes in exchange for certificates of road-worthiness.

They were arrested and charged following a four-year garda investigation in the wake of an RTÉ Primetime documentary in 2011.

Former National Car Test (NCT) workers Alan Richardson, aged 27, of Paddock Grove, Adamstown, Lucan, Dublin, Vincent Brunton, aged 32, with an address at Priory Square, Celbridge, Co Kildare, and Darren Meehan, aged 39, of Delamare, Enfield, Co Meath, appeared at Dublin District Court yesterday, along with the fourth defendant, Stephen Rooney, aged 35, of Paddock Grove, Adamstown, Lucan, Dublin.