ENDA KENNY fired the first shot, even though he denies firing the garda commissioner, but unfortunately for them, everyone involved in this bizarre saga has formed a circular firing squad intent on taking aim at each other.

THE Supreme Court has reserved judgment on the action by property investor Paddy McKillen aimed at preventing the National Assets Management Agency acquiring some €2.1 billion loans made to himself and his companies.

THE Attorney General has told the High Court property investor Paddy McKillen has total loan exposure of €2.1 billion to participating institutions in the National Assets Management Agency and has admitted he is unable to repay certain loans which have expired.

Tributes are being paid to the former Attorney General Rory Brady, who has passed away.

Irn-Bru and Tizer maker AG Barr moved into the sports drink sector today after unveiling a deal to acquire the owner of the Taut range.

THE Government has described the breakdown in communication that led to Justice Minister Michael McDowell and the Attorney General (AG) both being completely unaware of the Supreme Court decision that plunged the Government into free-fall as a “communications issue”.

THE three most senior legal figures in the State now face intense scrutiny over their respective roles in the case that led to the section of the 1935 Act outlawing statutory rape of under 15s being struck down.

President George Bush today proposed the first ever Hispanic Attorney General, nominating his long-time confidante Alberto Gonzales to replace John Ashcroft.

THE very first thing the report of the Public Accounts Committee into the €14.8m handed over to the Punchestown horsy set did was to send in a ringer.

ALASTAIR CAMPBELL wanted to expose Government weapons expert David Kelly as the BBC’s source on the Iraq weapons dossier as he thought it would “f***” reporter Andrew’s Gilligan’s story, the Hutton Inquiry was told yesterday.

The US government has set a deadline of August 14 for many of the nation’s largest companies to submit sworn statements from their chief executive and chief financial officers guaranteeing the accuracy of recent financial reports, in an unprecedented move to help restore investor confidence.

The trial of three Englishmen detained on a trawler off the south coast in 1999 has collapsed this afternoon at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.