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Two men questioned in investigation prompted by Central Bank complaint Both men released without charge after latest arrests about 5 hours ago   Gardaí investigating a complex case allegedly involving deception and bribery, and after the alarm was raised by the Central Bank, have made two further arrests. Both male suspects were detained in Waterford and while they have been released without charge the investigation by the Garda National Economic Bureau (GNECB) is continuing. The latest arrests in the case occurred on Tuesday when the two men, in their 30s and 60s, were arrested for offenc...

Go Minister of State Browne welcomes passage of legislation to help combat money laundering and tackle white collar crime You are here: Home Minister of State Browne welcomes passage of legislation to help combat money laundering and tackle white collar crime Minister of State Browne welcomes passage of legislation to help combat money laundering and tackle white collar crime     Minister of State with responsibility for Law Reform, James Browne TD, today welcomed the passage through the Dáil of two pieces of criminal legislation,   The Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Fin...

  Gardaí investigating the alleged theft of over €1 million by an employee of a major Irish accountancy and auditing firm have arrested two more men. The suspects, aged in their 30s and 60s, were detained by gardaí from the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB) on Tuesday for offences contrary to Section 5 of Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act 2018. They are suspected of corruptly giving or receiving bribes in return for illegal practices. The men are being interviewed in Waterford Garda Station where they can been held for up to seven days. Two other men previously...

The Tánaiste and I both signed the Official Secrets Act. by By Conor Lenihan. The latest twist in the Leo Varadkar leak controversy evokes yet more confusion and doubt. The fact that the Garda have now confirmed that a formal investigation is underway will be severely discomfiting for the former Taoiseach and current Tánaiste. The Varadkar spin-doctors have consistently asserted both his innocence and his entitlement to leak in the ” public interest”. A cursory reading of the Official Secrets Act shows no such entitlement exist...

By Michael Smith. WhatsApp correspondence headlined ‘Leo Always Delivers’ first published in the Village Magazine of November 2020 showed then-Taoiseach Leo Varadkar transferred a confidential draft contract being negotiated between government and the Irish Medical Organisation to a friend of his, the President of a rival doctors’ representative organisation, the National Association of GPs (NAGP) in April 2019. That friend was Dr Maitiú (Matt) O Tuathail. This transfer constitutes a crime under the Official Secrets Act 1963 and perhaps under the Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences)...