No decision on O’Brien bid to block tribunal

THE High Court has reserved judgment on an application by Denis O’Brien to restrain the Moriarty Tribunal from calling economist Peter Bacon to give evidence.

The evidence concerns the procedures which led to the award of the State's second mobile phone licence to Esat Digifone, Mr O'Brien's former company.

Mr O'Brien claims a report prepared by Mr Bacon about the evaluation process which led to the award of the mobile phone licence to Esat in 1995 does not constitute evidence and is inadmissible before the tribunal.