The jury in the trial of former Dublin Assistant city and county Manager George Redmond has failed to reach a verdict on one charge of corruption and found him not guilty on another charge.
Mr Redmond had pleaded not guilty to the charges, which related to the compulsory purchase of land at Buzzardstown in northwest Dublin in 1985.
The 83-year-old had denied both counts of corruption.
He was found not guilty on the charge of receiving the money as a reward for showing favour in respect of the purchase of the land.
Mr Redmond had told CAB officers in 1999 that he had received a payment of £10,000 from the late Pat Dunne, a Fianna Fáil councillor.
He said it was connected to a compulsory purchase order for land at Buzzardstown and Coolmine in north west Dublin in 1985.
He later withdrew the statement at the Flood Tribunal and said it was not true. But the prosecution in his trial for corruption said the file on the land spoke for itself; after an initial reluctance to buy the land he later signed the order to purchase it outright for £2.5m at a time when council funds were tight.
His tax returns also showed a reference to a payment from someone with the initials PD.
Defence counsel said there was no evidence that George Redmond had acted improperly.
Brendan Grehan said Mr Redmond had reason to lie to gardaí when being interviewed about tax, but would not lie on oath to the tribunal.
The jury had to decide which was the true statement.
The 11-member jury found him not guilty on a charge brought under the Prevention of Corruption Act and later told Judge Joseph Matthews it was unable to reach a majority verdict on the remaining charge.
