Archives: Articles

WHATEVER about Shane Ross, one man who must be more than pleased to see Judge Colm Mac Eochaidh heading for Europe is Denis O’Brien whose action against Red Flag is estimated to have cost at least €1m to date. A classic metropolitan liberal of the Garrett FitzGerald variety, Mac Eochaidh is regarded as one of… Read more »

THERE WAS no surprise when Jim Luby was appointed liquidator of the Friends & Supporters of the Central Remedial Clinic Ltd before Christmas. Indeed, the winding up of this charity and fundraising arm of the Central Remedial Clinic (CRC) was recommended in the report of the Interim Administrator of the CRC, with the accumulated funds… Read more »

THE LANDING of an OBE gong by legal-eagle Paul Smithwick of that brewing ilk, probably didn’t come as too much of a surprise given that he has been in close contact with the British security establishment down the years. He is now apparently preparing for a visit by Prince Charles to a brand new Yank-backed… Read more »

SPARE A thought for Judge Gerard Griffin of the Circuit Court who finds himself on the receiving end of serious allegations that surfaced in the High Court last month, where claims of unconstitutional and fraudulent actions were made. The hapless beak will be looking to have the matter cleared up pronto this week courtesy of… Read more »

THE banks, government and courts could be thrown into chaos by a most interesting legal challenge to home repossessions – with a little help from the George Soros funded Open Society Justice Initiative. Already two finance houses, AIB and Pepper Finance Corporation, have been temporarily prevented from repossessing family homes in recent cases where arguments… Read more »

CHRISTMAS proved an eventful period for the small Dublin charity, Inner City Helping Homeless (ICHH), which almost found itself screwed by a proposed charitable donation from an escort agency website. The hapless ICHH charity appears to have been caught unawares and although director Anthony Flynn told the Daily Mirror on December 21 that there had… Read more »

THE term authority in the title of an Irish organisation implies an entity set up under statute and overseen by the state, ie, the Road Safety Authority, Food Safety Authority or the National Standards Authority of Ireland. However, the Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland (ASAI), despite its title, is financed and run for and by… Read more »

A SERIES of court actions in Belfast and London against the Sun newspaper could cause convulsions in the British media should they be successful. The actions have been taken by Niall Murphy of solicitors KRW, the firm led by well-known Belfast solicitor Kevin Winters. The law firm and its personnel have taken serious exception to… Read more »