Solicitor guilty of misconduct is struck off

A solicitor found guilty of 30 counts of professional misconduct over undertakings on behalf of clients to financial institutions has been struck off by the president of the High Court.

Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns said he had no option but to strike off Oliver Hanrahan, formerly practising in Hanrahan Rynne Solicitors, Riverside Business Park, Ennis, Co Clare.

The judge said Mr Hanrahan, 54, had shown “utter contempt” when he did not attend a solicitors’ disciplinary hearing to deal with the matters last June because he “took himself off” for a family holiday in Mexico.