Taxpayers may end up footing €1.4m bill

THE taxpayer could well be stuck with the €1.4 million bill from the just completed High Court investigation into the alleged DCC/Fyffes insider trading case.

The Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) – at whose behest the investigation was undertaken – said yesterday that the determination of how the costs will be paid is likely to take a number of weeks.

The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment will ultimately deal with the cost issue and how to recover it, post payment.