Console papers seized from lock-up

Officials have been poring over files and documents placed in a secret storage unit by the former Console chief executive Paul Kelly after a court order allowed David Hall, interim CEO at the charity, to break the lock and seize them.

The latest dramatic twist in the Console controversy came following a tip-off that Mr Kelly had rented the unit in Naas, Co Kildare, had paid for it in cash, and that two deliveries of material had been made.

An inventory of all the documents was being put together through the night and will be presented in the High Court today to Mr Justice Paul Gilligan, who yesterday granted the order allowing Mr Hall and gardaí to access the unit.