Former Taoiseach before planning tribunal

Former Taoiseach Albert Reynolds is to appear before the Planning Tribunal today to explain his role in a bid to buy north Dublin land through an offshore company.

The inquiry has heard that Mr Reynolds and business partner Patrick Russell were involved in a Channel Islands-registered company called Universal Management Consultants (UMC) which tried to buy lands near Swords from a company called Rayband, which is under investigation by the tribunal.