A solicitor fell victim to a classic scam when he handed over €242,000 in client monies on the promise of getting €26.8m from a Nigerian oil company, the High Court has heard.

A prison officer at Mountjoy Prison has told the Circuit Civil Court he had a relationship with the wife of a prisoner who was in the Dublin jail at the time.

A prison officer at Mountjoy Prison has told the Circuit Civil Court he had a relationship with the wife of a prisoner who was behind bars in the Dublin jail at the time.