Latest: More audio released contradicting Shane Ross' denial that Leo Varadkar made promises on local issues

John Halligan, in detail, set out how he and other members of the group met Leo Varadkar and how at that meeting the then-Taoiseach elect said he would get certain issues "over the line" for the Alliance.

Update 4.53pm: During the interview with the Irish Examiner, John Halligan also confirmed that Shane Ross at that private meeting with Leo Varadkar, days before he became Taoiseach, was "pressing" the issue of reopening Stepaside Garda Station.

The Irish Examiner is again releasing more of this interview now.