A solicitor and his wife were victims of a "catastrophic mistake" when armed gardaí raided their home in a search of a cannabis grow house, the High Court has heard.

The president of the High Court will rule later whether the first interim report of the inspectors investigating Independent News & Media can, at this stage, be disclosed to INM, the Central Bank, or any other party.

Broadcaster Miriam O'Callaghan has secured a High Court order requiring Facebook to provide her with information aimed at identifying those behind alleged defamatory adverts on the social media platform .

A Cork woman has rejected claims by accountancy firm Grant Thornton she disseminated or has retained any confidential material contained on a computer disk mistakenly sent by the firm to her.