Former solicitor Thomas Byrne has been convicted of stealing €52m from the banks and defrauding 13 clients out of their houses or money.

Former solicitor Thomas Byrne said he engaged in several “unorthodox” deals with clients to transfer their houses into his name, but denies engaging in fraud.

Former solicitor Thomas Byrne has denied forging the signature of a client's daughter on a deed transferring their family home in Walkinstown over to him.

An alleged victim of former solicitor Thomas Byrne has described her “horror” at discovering he had transferred her family home into his name.