The trial of former Dublin assistant city and county manager Mr George Redmond for alleged corruption has been adjourned to November 3rd next at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
Judge Michael White adjourned the trial to that date when he made his ruling on legal submissions that had been made to him in the absence of the jury.
Mr Redmond (78) has pleaded not guilty to two charges of corruption in office.
The charges alleged that while an agent or servant of a public body he received and corruptly accepted "a gift of money" on a date unknown between June 1st, 1987, and May 31st, 1988, as an inducement or reward in relation to the sale of a right of way at Palmerstown, Co Dublin.