It was "fair and reasonable" to publish an article stating officers of the Criminal Assets Bureau called to solicitor Gerald Kean’s Dublin office as part of the bureau's probe into the Kinahan crime gang, journalist Michael O’Toole has told a High Court jury.

A solicitor who was working in Gerald Kean's office when it was visited by officers of the Criminal Assets Bureau in March 2016 has told a High Court jury she was "horrified" by a newspaper article concerning that visit.

Solicitor Gerald Kean has told a High Court jury he only learned that a man wounded during the Regency Hotel shooting was a client of his practice when officers of the Criminal Assets Bureau called to his office.

So that’s Tuesday 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.

Solicitor Gerald Kean has told a High Court jury he was “shell-shocked” by a front-page newspaper article concerning a visit by members of the Criminal Assets Bureau to his Dublin office three years ago.

“Bizarre” and “astonishing” are words not often pulled from the judicial lexicon but both got an outing at the Disclosures Tribunal yesterday.

There was a time, not so long ago, when the kind of evidence heard at the Disclosures Tribunal over the last week would have caused shock and outrage.

RTÉ has paid out in excess of €180,000 in damages and costs as a result of comments by solicitor Gerald Kean about garda whistleblowers Sgt Maurice McCabe and John Wilson in 2014.

The former chief executive of the Road Safety Authority (RSA) was told by the then Garda press officer, Superintendent David Taylor, that his phone could be monitored, the Charleton Tribunal has heard.

The Disclosures Tribunal was treated to a splash of celebrity yesterday, but the tidings brought further troubling detail of how An Garda Síochána operated at the highest level.

Former garda commissioner Martin Callinan briefed celebrity solicitor Gerald Kean for almost an hour before a radio appearance in which Mr Kean questioned and criticised whistleblower Sergeant Maurice McCabe.

The former chief executive of the Road Safety Authority was told by the then Garda press officer Superintendent David Taylor that his phone could be monitored, the Charleton Tribunal has heard.

Former commissioner Martin Callinan told solicitor Gerald Kean that garda whistleblower Sgt Maurice McCabe "had not cooperated in any shape or form" with an internal garda inquiry into his complaints, the Charleton tribunal has heard.

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The grand-niece of Patrick Kavanagh, Katherine Lynch enjoys reading poetry.

 

Five well-known characters will be shedding pounds and maybe a few tears in the first series of Celebrity Operation Transformation.

Since its inception 35 years ago, an event run by Cork Lions Club has raised more than €400,000 for various worthy causes.

RTÉ presenter Marty Whelan revealed that he wrote his autobiography, That’s Life, while Winning Streak was on its surprise six-month break this year.

Roll up, roll up — hundreds of very special children are set to enjoy a night at the circus, thanks to celebrity solicitor Gerald Kean.

Stammering can make a person’s life hell. Many become more introverted, with their work and social lives being affected enormously. But help is at hand, writes Ellie O’Byrne

Gerald Kean mentors golfer Brian Casey in the first episode of The Speech on RTÉ One tomorrow.

A major review of one of the country’s oldest charities, Cork Penny Dinners, has found no evidence of financial irregularities, the Irish Examiner has learned.

One of the country’s oldest soup kitchen charities has dismissed criticism and appointed new trustees as part of a major restructuring.

The High Court has dismissed solicitor Gerald Kean’s appeal against a finding of professional misconduct arising out of his handling of a former client’s case.

A finding of professional misconduct has been upheld against celebrity solicitor Gerald Kean for trying to "cover up" a mistake he had made in a client's case.

Solicitor Gerald Kean attempted to "cover up" an alleged failure to properly represent a former client who subsequently made a complaint to the Law Society about him, the High Court has heard.

An appeal by celebrity solicitor Gerald Kean over a professional misconduct finding against him has opened before the High Court.

Celebrity solicitor Gerald Kean is appealing a finding of professional misconduct against him.

Rihanna is being sued for defamation by her Dublin-based former head of security.

SOLICITOR Gerald Kean was at some high profile dinner engagement, at a table with several other people, most of them new to him.

Well-known solicitor Gerald Kean has appeared before a sitting of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal to face six charges of alleged professional misconduct.

She’s beautiful, super-wealthy, influential... but TV3’s Celebrity Apprentice gaffer, Caroline Downey, is nursing a heartache.

Children from disadvantaged backgrounds will be among 500 Cork youngsters who will get a free day out at the circus next year thanks to solicitor to the stars, Gerald Kean.

With endless exotic rides and a few token exotic birds, anyone dining on Cork’s busiest boardwalk last night could be forgiven for thinking they were witnessing a revival of Men and their Motors.

What so instantaneously made Eminem a global superstar more than a decade ago, aside from complex rhymes and the fact parents hated him, was his willingness to play with alter-egos — multitudes of them, if the videos to hits from ‘My Name Is’ (1999) to ‘Just Lose It’ (2004) are anything to go by.

RELATIONSHIP break-ups are dashed dreams, heartache, an empty bed.

There were emotional scenes as the remains of Andrew Clarke, the son of celebrity chef Derry Clarke and his wife Sallyanne, arrived at the chapel of his old school of Clongowes Wood.

Pic 1: Ken Doherty and Lorraine Keane at the Virgin Atlantic International Charity Lunch in aid of the Rape Crisis Centre at the Westin Hotel, Dublin.

Tens of thousands of homeowners entitled to waivers for the household charge face fines if they fail to register for the levy despite being exempt from it.

A FORMER estate agent who stole €1.6 million after he used solicitor Gerald Kean’s name to encourage 25 investors to take part in a “Ponzi” scheme has been jailed for six years.

WELL-KNOWN solicitor Gerald Kean is one of two lawyers who yesterday asked the High Court to strike out a former client’s action for alleged professional negligence on the grounds the claim against them are “scandalous” “vexatious” and “unnecessary”.