The former chairman of Independent News and Media (INM), Leslie Buckley, has said he will fight any accusations levelled against him arising out of investigations into the company’s affairs.

CONSULTANTS were handed €34 million to advise the Government and state agencies on the banking bailouts, it was revealed yesterday.

Consultants were handed €34m to advise the Government and State agencies on the banking bailouts, it was revealed today.

AND then there were 12 – finally.

JULIA McFARLANE’S QC told the Law Lords earlier this year that she was entitled to £250,000 (€366,000) a year for life because she had put the “spadework” into her 16-year marriage to her husband Kenneth.