TDs and senators have been told they are wrong to feel there will be a "chilling effect" on their work in committees as a result of the Angela Kerins Supreme Court ruling.

So that’s Wednesday nearly wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

Businessman Denis O’Brien is facing an estimated €1m legal costs bill after the Supreme Court ruled he must pay most of the costs of his failed case over statements made by two TDs in the Dáil about his banking affairs.

A consortium suing over the awarding of the country's second mobile phone licence on grounds including bribery and corruption has been permitted by the High Court to amend its original statement of claim.

The High Court has received the first interim report of the inspectors appointed by it to investigate the conduct of affairs at Independent News & Media.

Businessman Denis O’Brien has told a High Court jury he is not "self-obsessed" in maintaining he was among 22 people allegedly blamed in newspaper articles for the 2008 financial crisis here.

Businessman Denis O’Brien has alleged a number of newspaper articles defamed him by portraying him as one of the “developer kings” who “destroyed Ireland and bankrupted its banking system”.

Independent News & Media has a “very high standard” of corporate governance procedures and would have told the State’s corporate watchdog so, had he made it aware he had concerns in that regard, the High Court has been told.

Businessman Denis O'Brien wants the Supreme Court to make findings that would be "entirely destructive" of, and would "effectively undermine", parliamentary speech, the State has argued before the court.

The President of the High Court has approved arrangements governing access to documents to be used for an application by the State’s corporate watchdog for appointment of inspectors to Independent News and Media plc.

A correct application by the Oireachtas of its own rules concerning what is said in parliament would involve chilling “inappropriate” speech, a lawyer for businessman Denis O’Brien has told the Supreme Court.

For the tenth year in a row, the Weston family retain their title as the richest family in Ireland.

A seven judge Supreme Court will hear separate appeals this month by former Rehab CEO Angela Kerins and businessman Denis O’Brien.

An application by Denis O’Brien aimed at having Galway-based businessman Declan Ganley joined as a co-defendant in Mr O’Brien’s case against Red Flag Consulting has been adjourned at the High Court.

It has emerged the Criminal Assets Bureau requested information from AIB as part of an investigation into businessman Denis O'Brien and former Communications Minister Michael Lowry.

Update: Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has revealed he spoke to AIB chairman Richard Pym on Monday morning to discuss the bank's inclusion in the so-called Paradise Papers,

Red Flag Consulting has disputed businessman Denis O’Brien’s claim he is entitled to know the identity of its client for a dossier of allegedly defamatory material about him, including describing him as “Ireland’s Berlusconi”.

Businessman Denis O'Brien has claimed a dossier about him was compiled by Red Flag Consulting for a client for a “hostile” motive and was part of a “campaign of defamation” intended to damage him.

Here's your lunchtime news bulletin.

The rich are getting richer, according to the Sunday Independent's Irish rich list.

The newspaper group's chief executive Robert Pitt has told an Oireachtas committee the plans have been dropped.

The Communications Minister Denis Naughten has asked the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland to carry out a review of a proposed media merger being led by Denis O'Brien.

Good evening. Here’s all the news you need to know.

Big themes were explored yesterday in the High Court action Denis O’Brien is taking against the Oireachtas. 

Latest: Lawyers for the Dáil have begun their defence of a legal action taken by Denis O’Brien over remarks made by two deputies about his banking affairs.

Denis O'Brien is due to give evidence today as part of his legal action over remarks made about his personal banking affairs in the Dáil.

The High Court has reserved judgement on whether a Harvard professor of constitutional law should give evidence in a case taken by Denis O'Brien.

The Communications Minister Denis Naughten has suggested it is not legally possible to force media owners to sell their outlets.

Denis O'Brien has lost his Supreme Court challenge to a High Court ruling relating to a key witness in the Moriarty Tribunal.

A High Court judge has refused to allow an English company to fund a legal action against the State, businessman Denis O'Brien and former Government Minister Michael Lowry.

Businessman Denis O'Brien says that he respects Dáil privilege, as long as it is not exploited in order to damage someone else's reputation.

An Independent TD said members of the Dáil are "outraged" at the legal action Denis O'Brien is taking against the State.

Renua leader Lucinda Creighton says she thinks a legal action by Denis O'Brien against a Dáil Committee is "unwise".

Our reporter visits the new Cork Prison which is due to open by the end of the year. The cure to chronic back pain can be as easy as putting one foot in front of the other, according to Ireland’s top physio; The Minister for Transport today said he supports the TDs who are the subject of a High Court action by the businessman Denis O'Brien. Here’s today’s lunchtime irishexaminer.com round-up.

An Irish woman is understood to be among the 28 victims killed in an attack at a Tunisian resort, Sepp Blatter has fuelled speculation about his future by insisting he has not resigned as FIFA president, and the US Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the country.  Here’s this evening’s irishexaminer.com catch-up.

The latest on the Berkeley tragedy; Court grants RTÉ permission to broadcast all but two paragraphs of report on Denis O’Brien; and what you need to know about the Script’s gig this weekend. Just some of the latest and most read stories on irishexaminer.com.

A sixth Irish person has died after a balcony collapsed on an apartment building in Berkeley, California. Read the latest on this and more in this evening’s irishexaminer.com catch-up.

The formation of a new centre-left party movement will challenge the policies of the Government parties; Representatives of the dairy industry are warning against an over-reaction to a suspected case of BSE in Co Louth; A second man has died following the industrial accident in Portmarnock in Dublin. Just some of the latest and most read stories on irishexaminer.com.