Redmond hearing opens in Dublin

A scheduled three-day hearing of a motion on a legal issue brought by Mr George Redmond in relation to a corruption charge against him has opened at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Mr Redmond (aged 81), the former assistant city and county manager, pleaded not guilty to receiving £10,000 on a date between June 1, 1985 and June 1, 1986 as an inducement or reward for doing or forebearing to do anything in respect of a compulsory purchase order by Dublin City Council on 167 acres of land situated at Bussardstown and Coolmine.