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# Tribunal
Lowry: I'll fight Moriarty costs ruling all the way to European Courts
The former communications minister has been ordered to pay two thirds of his Tribunal costs.
# Lucy Gaffney
Communicorp's Lucy Gaffney: There was too much fat in INM
Chairwoman of Communicorp and board member of INM and Digicel also says that her boss Denis O’Brien is “demanding” but “not ruthless”.
# Said and done
Binders and crossing the Alps barefoot: The week in quotes
“I went to a number of women’s groups and I said ‘can you help us find folks?’and they brought us whole binders full of women.”
# Vinb v DOB
Browne accuses O'Brien of using 'considerable wealth to stifle criticism'
Vincent Browne’s Politico.ie publishes correspondence from Denis O’Brien – including threats of legal action.
# Moriarty Tribunal
In full: Michael Lowry and Denis O'Brien's statements on court ruling
Both men are looking forward to defending themselves against allegations made about the awarding of Ireland’s second mobile phone licence in 1995.
# Supreme Court
Lowry, O’Brien welcome court ruling allowing challenge to mobile licence decision
The former Communications Minister and Digicel chairman say the consortia’s claim is without merit, evidence or substance but Declan Ganley has said he will be pursuing his case with vigour.
# Moriarty
In full: Micheal Lowry's Dáil statement on his property dealings
The full prepared speech of Michael Lowry, where the Moriarty Tribunal is labelled “a scandal of truly epic proportions”.
# Tribunal
Lowry labels Moriarty "a scandal of truly epic proportions"
A furious Michael Lowry slams the findings of the Moriarty Report as a “triumph of innuendo over evidence” in the Dáil.
# Moriarty Tribunal
Lowry lambastes Moriarty Tribunal as fatally flawed "prosecution show trial"
“I do not accept the contents of this report, and I never will,” says Lowry of the 14-year “slow Chinese torture” Tribunal.
# Dáil Éireann
Dáil begins two-day discussion on Moriarty findings
Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin says he wants an all-party motion calling on Michael Lowry to resign from the Dáil.
# Moriarty Tribunal
Michael Lowry: Nobody will decide when I leave the Dáil
The Tipperary North TD says he has no intention of quitting – and wants to take Tribunal questions in the Dáil tomorrow.
# Moriarty
Justice Moriarty had "Stockholm syndrome", says Denis O'Brien
Businessman claims judge overseeing payments to politicians tribunal and awarding of Esat Digifone licence identified too strongly with prosecuting council.
# Moriarty Tribunal
€235,368: Lowry's massive payoff if he quits politics
24 years as a TD and two years as a minister will be kind to Michael Lowry’s wallet if he is forced out by the Moriarty findings.
# Moriarty Tribunal
Moriarty’s findings are “grasping at straws”, insists defiant Lowry
Former minister Michael Lowry puts up a defensive front across the airwaves today – and rejects a call from Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore that he resign his Dail seat.
# Moriarty Tribunal
Moriarty Tribunal findings to be referred to DPP
Enda Kenny says he’s asked Pat Rabbitte to refer yesterday’s 2,400-page report to the DPP and Garda Commissioner.
# Moriarty Tribunal
O'Brien dismisses Moriarty findings as "fundamentally flawed"
The chief of the Esat telephone consortium says the findings of the Tribunal are based on the opinions of its legal team.
# Tribunal
Tribunal labels Lowry an "insidious and pervasive influence" on Esat bidding process
The Tribunal’s findings are released in two mammoth documents – with stinging rebukes of former minister Michael Lowry TD.