Concern at false airline details

INCORRECT information had been fed to courts in other jurisdictions relating to the insolvency of Aer Arann, it was revealed in the High Court yesterday.

Ms Justice Finlay Geoghegan expressed concern about letters which had been sent out to courts in Scotland, England, the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland asking that Aer Arann’s aircraft not be seized by creditors in those jurisdictions.

She told barrister Declan Murphy, counsel for the airline, that at the hearing which appointed Michael McAteer of Grant Thornton as interim examiner requests had been made to permit the sending of letters requesting judicial assistance from elsewhere.