A High Court judge has lashed out at the Quinns deviousness in scheming to put assets beyond the reach of the former Anglo Irish Bank
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/> Mr Justice Peter Kelly said it ‘reeked of dishonesty’.
The judge’s comments were made as he appointed receivers over assets owned by various members of the Quinn family.
Newstalk’s Courts Correspondent Francesca Comyn reports:
/> A former Irish Olympic coach has been found guilty this afternoon of abusing boys at a public swimming pool.
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/> 51 year Ger Doyle, of Emmet Place in Wexford who was also the former manager of New Ross pool in County Wexford, was convicted by a jury at Kilkenny Circuit Court today.
The charges related to the abuse of children, aged between 10 and 15 years old, from 1981 to 1993.
The trial heard how he punished children who misbehaved by abusing them in the boiler room or his office at New Ross swimming pool.
The jury unanimously found him guilty of all 34 counts of indecent assault and one count of sexual assault.
He will be sentenced this afternoon.
/> The VHI will have to be regulated by the Central Bank from the end of next year.
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/> Its after the European Commission today ruled that the state’s guarantee of the health insurer must end by December 2013.
It means the VHI will be subject to the same rules as other companies in the health insurance market.
However as Our Business Editor Ian Guider explains its likely to prove a costly move for the taxpayer.
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The secretive state of North Korea has confirmed the country’s new leader has married.
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/> State media didn’t announce any wedding, but simply that Kim Jong-Un (pron: yong oon) attended an event with his wife Ri Sol-Ju.
It ends weeks of speculation about the identity of a young woman pictured recently alongside the young leader at official events.
/> Questions are being asked as to how an eleven-year-old boy outwitted security staff at Manchester airport by slipping through identity checks – and taking a flight to Rome.
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/> Liam Corcoran didn’t have a passport or boarding pass, but he managed to get through FIVE levels of security at Manchester Airport to get on the plane.
He’s now back with his family and several airport staff have been suspended.
Darren Caplan is the Chief Executive of the Airport Operators’ Asociation.
