Mr Fix-It faces his own big fix

The man famed for finding ways out of the toughest disputes chose to resign his high-profile positions, writes Political Reporter Michael O’Farrell.

ADEPT at finding ways out of seemingly interminable disputes, Phil Flynn saw the only option to escape the eye of an enormous political storm was to resign from the top positions he held in Irish business and political circles.

Revealed as a non-executive director of Cork firm Chesterton Finance, Mr Flynn found himself answering the door to the Criminal Assets Bureau in recent days.