The Moriarty Tribunal has failed to get a High Court order requiring former Communications Minister Michael Lowry to produce to it certain documents used in proceedings brought against him by his former accountants.

An accountant who was found to have acted reprehensibly by misleading the Moriarty Tribunal to protect Michael Lowry has helped to secure a €650,000 judgment against the disgraced former minister.

For the second time in two years, disgraced former minister Michael Lowry is facing a legal battle with his key financial adviser.

Anglers in the West of Ireland have raised concerns about why the State is continuing to provide grant aid to a group of Connemara fish farms when the businesses have persistently lost money and when fish farming provides little employment.

THE refrigeration company owned by former Fine Gael minister Michael Lowry, Garuda, saw profits rise by more than 50% last year.