The High Court is expected to deliver judgment next month on a second request for Ian Bailey’s extradition to France in relation to the death of Sophie Tuscan du Plantier.

Lawyers for the Minister for Justice have said they are not trying to “usurp” the courts by asking the High Court to refer an Irish Supreme Court decision to Europe.

The Minister for Justice is insulting the Irish courts by seeking to go around a Supreme Court "bar" on Ian Bailey's extradition to France in relation to the death of Sophie Tuscan du Plantier, according to lawyers for the Englishman.

Update - 5.50pm: Ian Bailey's solicitor says his client has not been contacted by French authorities.

The apparent contradiction in her evidence to the commission adds an extra layer of questions over the phone tapping issue and alleged failures of communication that meant garda commissioner Martin Callinan and Justice Minister Alan Shatter were unaware of the scale and seriousness of what had taken place.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has been accused of attempting to bury the independent report into why ex-garda commissioner Martin Callinan suddenly retired last year.

Ian Bailey believed the power of prayer would help him out the truth, he told the High Court yesterday.

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Ian Bailey’s partner, Jules Thomas, wrote to the DPP requesting he be charged with Sophie Tuscan du Plantier’s murder and they could receive a "fair trial in Ireland" and be put out of the "mental torture" being inflicted on the couple.

THOSE are some waves that Maurice McCabe made. Yesterday’s publication of the review of the Department of Justice is just one in a long line of outcomes from McCabe’s persistence in attempting to highlight wrongdoing in An Garda Síochána.

How can the French police continue to investigate Ian Bailey while a Supreme Court judge probes allegedly illegal activity by the gardaí over the case, asks Special Correspondent Michael Clifford

Five lawyers each received fees in excess of €250,000, last year, through their work for the Chief State Solicitor’s Office (CSSO).

The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that Ian Bailey could not be extradited to France in connection with the Christmastime murder of Sophie Tuscan du Plantier in 1996.

GARDAÍ yesterday confirmed they will investigate a travel agent’s claims that evidence he possessed in relation to the Sophie Tuscan du Plantier murder case was ignored.

A woman who implicated English journalist Ian Bailey in the murder of Sophie Tuscan du Plantier has reportedly admitted that her statements to Gardaí were false.