Four convicted of corruption

Three civil servants and a law agent have received suspended prison terms and a collective fine of €50,000 for corruption in relation to copies of Land Registry Office file plans and maps.

Liam Rainsford (aged 43), of Cremore Heights, Glasnevin, Michael Byrne (aged 51), Parkwood Road, Old Bawn and Alan Quinn (aged 48), of Broadmeadows, Swords, all accepted payment from Dooley’s Law Agents Limited, for speeding up the process by which the company received documents from the Registry.