Texts between Leslie Buckley and Robert Pitt showed 'perfectly normal' relationship, court told

The inspectors were appointed in 2018 after concerns about issues, including an alleged data breach at INM in 2014

Leslie Buckley (pictured in 2017) is seeking to have the appointment of the inspectors set aside, or for a direction they recuse themselves from further involvement in the investigation, on grounds of alleged objective bias. File photo: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

Text messages between former INM Chairman Leslie Buckley and former INM CEO Robert Pitt show a “perfectly normal, relaxed relationship” between them at a time Mr Pitt alleged he was being put under pressure within INM, the High Court has been told.

However, those texts had not made it into a draft document by the inspectors concerning evidence relating to Mr Pitt’s claims of being put under pressure, Seán Guerin SC said.