A High Court judge is to consider if several documents given by the FAI to the Office of Director of Corporate Enforcement are legally privileged or not.

Fifa have written to the Football Association of Ireland seeking answers about their present troubles.

It’s one of the most famous lines from Father Ted: the money was just resting in my account. But at least Father Ted knew how many accounts he had.

The former Chairman of Independent News and Media says he is "appalled" at the widespread circulation of a court document containing serious allegations against him.

A beefed-up corporate law enforcement unit, a new anti-fraud agency and more efficient criminal cases are among a suite of measures to be introduced to combat white-collar crime.

Hiring six senior accountants for the Office of Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) took more than two years amid chaos over getting the jobs approved and advertised.

Any new version of the Office of Director of Corporate Enforcement will repeat the failures of the current model unless the Government changes the funding and staffing arrangements too, a leading anti-corruption watchdog has warned.

Gardaí have never investigated a State official’s destruction of documents related to the investigation of alleged crimes by former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean FitzPatrick, a trial has heard.

Investigators into alleged crimes by former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean Fitzpatrick used “unlawful" practices when taking witness statements, his trial has heard.

ALONG with the Presidential election, a referendum will be held on the right of the Dáil to determine judicial pay levels. Despite private howls of protest and refusal to voluntarily accept the pension levy by some judges, it is certain that a massive majority of the electorate will endorse this limitation on the independence of the judiciary.

A public disciplinary tribunal into former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean FitzPatrick has been adjourned amid fears that it could prejudice criminal proceedings against the banker.

WHAT was happening last week in Bray garda station? Is it possible that a process has started whereby former senior bankers, who have brought our economy to the precipice of insolvency, will face the four-letter ‘g’ word? Get a grip. Cop yourself on. Ireland doesn’t do gaol, it does golf. There is little imminent prospect of justice. We should not be surprised.

THE dawn arrest of Sean FitzPatrick completed the 10 sorrowful steps in a career which descended from banking prefect to criminal suspect.

POLITICAL and other spin doctors know how to manage a crisis. The critical factor is to hang on. They believe virtually all news media cycles are “nine-day wonders”.

Our republic is just over 60 years old. As you mature through life, you reflect on your own failures, errors and shortcomings. As a nation we need to face these with honesty. We have been too trusting and deferential to those on whom we have conferred authority

THE watchdog for corporate crime is to get new powers and more staff to bolster his expanded probe of the financial sector.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants has claimed that the recent bank controversies have focused primarily on what took place in the past, not the present.

430 companies and 30 directors were convicted by the Companies Registration Office (CRO) for company law offences last year.