Article: THE Moriarty Tribunal was challenged last night to reopen its investigation into the controversial awarding of a mobile phone licence after the emergence of new legal advice.

Article: THE Department of Communications decided that businessman Dermot ...
Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland);  June 11, 2009 ;     537 words ... ... in the consortium that won the State's second mobile phone licence bid was not important, the Moriarty Tribunal has been told. Legal advice was sought by the department in 1996 on the restructuring of the ownership of the Denis O'Brien ...

Article: THE Cabinet has ordered the release of a secret legal opinion ...
Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland);  June 10, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... adverse findings were made by the Moriarty Tribunal against the State over its handling ... Nesbitt -- who drafted the legal advice -- to testify. "The tribunal ... issued, to give evidence at the Moriarty Tribunal. Mr O'Donnell said that it ...

Article: THE former secretary general of the Department of Communications ...
Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland);  April 30, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... witnesses may delay Moriarty tribunal report THE former ... give evidence at the Moriarty Tribunal. The marathon tribunal ... the publication of legal advice which former Fine ... Loughrey referred to the legal advice in his evidence to ...

Article: Moriarty tribunal makes adverse finding against ...
The Irish Times;  June 10, 2009 ;     700+ words ...THE MORIARTY tribunal has made adverse provisional findings against the State in its long ... that the Cabinet considered the matter of waiving privilege on the legal advice on March 10th of this year, following the issuing of the tribunal ...

Article: THE Moriarty Tribunal has been accused of mounting ...
Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland);  July 23, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... on colleague Claim that evidence was not credible THE Moriarty Tribunal has been accused of mounting a "shameful attack" on one ... Mr Fanning said the "attack" on Mr Nesbitt, who gave legal advice to the Government in the days leading up to the award of ...

Article: SENIOR Counsel Richard Nesbitt will today give evidence at the ...
Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland);  July 22, 2009 ;     522 words ... ... Nesbitt will today give evidence at the Moriarty Tribunal in a move the Government hopes will ... the State waived legal privilege over legal advice provided by Mr Nesbitt as a direct ... is expected to clarify whether his legal advice, provided days before the licence ...

Article: Two barristers at Moriarty tribunal earn [euro]8.5m ...
The Irish Times;  July 3, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... TWO SENIOR counsel working for the Moriarty tribunal have so far earned [euro]8.5 ... them. John Coughlan SC, with the Moriarty tribunal, has earned [euro]8.5 million ... 2,250 while counsel with the Moriarty tribunal earned [euro]2,500. The Morris ...