The theft and fraud trial of Thomas Byrne has heard of the day “everything went horribly wrong” for the former solicitor when one of his employees reported him to the authorities.

The then minister for justice Michael McDowell was a guest speaker at Thomas Byrne’s Christmas Party in the Four Seasons, the trial of the former solicitor has heard.

Bank of Scotland Ireland viewed Thomas Byrne as “an astute and prudent operator” when lending him more than €13m, the former solicitor’s trial has heard.

Anglo Irish Bank and EBS engaged in reckless practices in lending to Thomas Byrne, it has been suggested at the former solicitor’s theft and fraud trial.

The trial of former solicitor Thomas Byrne has heard Anglo Irish Bank relied on the former solicitor to provide proof that he was using valid properties as collateral on €4.6m in loans.

The trial of former solicitor Thomas Byrne has heard evidence that he stole over €10m from EBS Building Society by fraudulently applying for property loans.

A garda and property dealer has given evidence that former solicitor Thomas Byrne never passed on a €1.87m cheque which was intended to pay off a property loan.

The second week of the trial of former solicitor Thomas Byrne has heard further allegations of him defrauding clients, including an 91-year-old woman, out of their homes.

A jury is due to be sworn in today for the trial of a former solicitor from Dublin who is accused of stealing more than €50m.

The trial is expected to begin tomorrow of a former solicitor charged with a large scale theft and fraud.

Gardaí have issued specific flood warnings for several areas of Dublin today.

A MIDDLE-AGED mother narrowly escaped with her life yesterday after a drive-by shooting in broad daylight in a Dublin suburb.

A man was shot in the car park of a north Dublin gym tonight just hours after a woman was injured in a shooting in the south of the city.

Three people are tonight being hunted by gardaí over the shooting of a woman at a house in south Dublin.

The High Court today struck off solicitor Thomas Byrne and fined him €1m following an investigation into his finances which found he owed almost €57m to financial institutions.

A handgun and two grenades were found in a car in Dublin, gardaí said today.

A drug addict who committed over 40 crimes in less than a year, including dousing a service station assistant with petrol and threatening to burn him, has been jailed for 13 years.

A chronic drug addict who doused a filling station assistant with petrol and threatened to set him alight, before robbing money from the shop and getting away in a stolen car, has been remanded in custody for sentence on June 15.

A VICIOUS thief who stabbed a young man in the neck, then stole his car, was trying to murder him, the surgeon who patched up the deep wound told the victim’s father.