From top: yesterday’s Sunday Times, William Fry logo.
“The law firm William Fry, which is representing the businessman Denis O’Brien in a case against the state, is set to be appointed as legal adviser to the government established commission of investigation into transactions by IBRC, including deals with O’Brien. Law firms that were unsuccessful in tendering for the contract to advise the inquiry were told last week that William Fry was the winning bidder. William Fry declined to comment on the contract or on potential conflicts of interest with its work for O’Brien.””The law firm is acting for the media tycoon in a case launched in June against the Dail committee of procedure and privileges, which O’Brien claims breached his constitutional rights.”
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“William Fry has a long-standing relationship with O’Brien, and represented him in a recent case against RTÉ as well as in previous proceedings against the Revenue Commissioners. The law firm also previously carried out an investigation into potential conflicts of interest arising from the wind-down of the wealth management division of IBRC, which will be among the issues probed by the commission of investigation.”Gavin Daly, in yesterday’s Sunday Times
Readers may wish to note an article, headlined Boom For Irish Law Firms, from the weekly British legal magazine, The Lawyer on May 28, 1996.
It noted:
“The influx of telecommunications companies into Ireland has led to the development of telecoms practices in some firms. Dublin firm William Fry was involved in the recent licensing of the second GSM mobile phone system where the Irish-Norwegian consortium Esat Digifone was awarded the licence.”
Good times.
Previously: Morrissey and Mar’
I would say this is getting ridiculous, but it was already ridiculous what with the accountant fiasco.
I don’t know what this is anymore.
Might as well just pack up and go home! Sometimes this country just beggars belief! Is there no senior civil servant with an ounce of sense or cop on???
No
Why have any sense at all when they don’t even have any accountability.
In plain view
IMF
‘Smells of Sutherland
FFS
We don’t stand a chance
I laughed out loud because i just cant do anything else.
John Grisham couldn’t write this stuff.
He could, it would just be in the kids section, alongside Alice in Wonderland…
Gangsters the lot of um.
Thieving f***** gangsters.
Where does one start? It is as if they thumb their noses at us, knowing they can get away with it. Of course, it takes a foreign newspaper group to even report this.
The commission of investigation should be wound up before it begins. Farce.
I give up. I can’t even summon the strength to be enraged by this type of thing anymore.
I would rather see the government hire a legal team from the UK and pay double them see WF represent both sides of this case. I mean is this not conflict of interest 101?
But I suppose they can sit nicely on this job for the next 5 years and get paid large fees and find out nothing was wrong. Sure Denis is a nice chap.
When will you lot all not realise that you need to know your place…..? Because if you do, you might just be one of the lucky ones to lick out the trough after the bigger piggies – in their starched white shirts – have had their fill…..
The Best little Country to do business in. – Enda Kenny
Oh, come on. I can’t even…
My thoughts exactly.
tired
they dont even care anymore.. they dont care that we know whats going on .. theyre just doin it in our faces now, and they just dont care. its slap after slap after slap. anyone on for eggin the dail? its about all ya can do.
You should be careful. You don’t want to end up on Guarda watch list.
Ah Direland, I give up
Country is a corrupt little hellhole