8:15am: PD deputy leader Liz O'Donnell says on RTÉ's Morning Ireland that further "clarification" is needed on the Manchester payment.
10.30am: Tánaiste Michael McDowell takes the Order of Business in the Dáil for the first time as PD leader. He reiterates the party position that it accepted Mr Ahern's statement about the Dublin payments, and that they were an honest error of judgment. He avoids answering direct queries on the Manchester payment.
11.15am: Mr McDowell and Government Chief Whip Tom Kitt agree in the Dáil to hold a meeting of whips to discuss a potential debate on the payments issue in the Dáil the following week.
11.15 - 1pm: The agreement prompts fury among some Fianna Fáil TDs and Ministers that the Government side had agreed to discuss the possibility of a debate with the Opposition. A flurry of meetings and telephone calls ensue. Mr McDowell and the PDs insist a debate should be allowed, and that clarification was needed on some issues regarding payments. Mr Kitt re-enters the Dáil and offers a debate which would allow Opposition leader statements, and a response from the Government. This was rejected by the Opposition.
12:50pm: The Taoiseach arrives in Ballyjamesduff, Co Cavan. He takes questions for 15 minutes from journalists on the Manchester payments and related issues, stating that he hopes it would "clear up" any remaining issues. The interview is broadcast on RTÉ Radio's News At One.
2pm: Between 2pm and 3pm, Mr McDowell speaks to Mr Ahern by telephone about the Manchester payment and the Taoiseach tells him he has done a radio interview on the issue.
2.30pm: Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny arrives at the National Ploughing Championships. He tells journalists that if he had behaved like Mr Ahern had regarding payments, he would be removed from the party leadership.
4.30pm: Mr McDowell arrives for an engagement at the Legal Aid Board's office on Mount Street, Dublin. He says there are "very significant matters of concern which are not completely put at rest by the facts now in the public domain".
6.30pm: Labour leader Pat Rabbitte, also at the ploughing championships, appears on RTÉ News, saying the revelations of the past few weeks raised the most serious questions faced by any Taoiseach since the Haughey era.