A round-up of today's other stories in brief
The High Court has again adjourned proceedings brought by the Law Society for an order freezing the accounts of a solicitor over an alleged €1 million deficit in his client account.
The proceedings have been adjourned by the president of the High Court, Mr Justice Richard Johnson, a number of times, to facilitate efforts by the solicitor to raise a loan to meet the deficit.
Mr Justice Johnson again agreed for the case to be heard in private and following the hearing, it was again adjourned to Monday.
Teacher claims she was followed
A legal action by a teacher, who claims she was followed by a private investigator hired by her school principal, has been adjourned at the High Court.
Last week, Bridget Sweeney, Donnybrook, Dublin, a resource and home- schooling teacher at Ballinteer Community School, was granted an injunction restraining principal Austin Corcoran or anyone acting on his behalf from following her.
That injunction was replaced yesterday by an undertaking in the same terms and the proceedings were adjourned.
Man denies two rape charges
A jury has been sworn in for the trial of a man charged with rape. The 35-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to two charges of raping a woman in a Dublin suburb in May 2006. The hearing is scheduled to start today at the Central Criminal Court.
Four years for intimidation
A man who was convicted of intimidating his former flatmate arising out of a stabbing incident following the 2004 All-Ireland Football Final has been given a four- year sentence.
Tim Cawley (24), formerly of Cavan town, now of North Circular Road, Dublin, was found guilty earlier this month of intimidating Michael Irwin in January 2005 with the intention of perverting the course of justice.
Cawley sent text messages to Mr Irwin, from Bellmullet, Co Mayo, to try to get him to withdraw a statement he made to gardaí that he saw Cawley stab someone following the football final.
€53,740 seized for State
A former second-hand car salesman has had €53,740 cash confiscated to the State by Judge Michael White who said he was satisfied it was the proceeds of money laundering. James Naylor (39), Glencullen, Co Dublin, was given a seven-year suspended sentence by Judge White in February 2007 after he was found guilty of money laundering.
Michael Byrne, Finnstown, Lucan, was arrested in January 2002 at Dover port in England in possession of a large amount of cash and was later jailed for six years for money laundering.
Judge White said he was satisfied Naylor was involved with Byrne and that his life had become "nightmarish" following Byrne's arrest after being threatened by two "ruthless and dangerous" men.