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Cregan Commission secures injunction against Sunday Business Post

Summary

The High Court granted the Irish Banking Resolution Corporation (IBRC) Commission an injunction against Post Publications, trading as The Sunday Business Post, to prevent the newspaper from publishing any information or evidence provided to the Commission. The injunction, issued by Justice Paul Gilligan, remains in force until the Commission releases its report on the Siteserv sale. The sale, valued at €45.4 million in March 2012, involved Millington Ltd, controlled by Denis O'Brien, and is one of the transactions under investigation. The Commission feared that the newspaper's publication of witness statements, oral evidence, or documents could breach the 2004 Commissions of Investigation Act and undermine its work. The injunction restricts the paper from publishing any statement, exhibit, oral evidence, or documents circulated by the Commission, and it is to stay until the Commission's report is published. The Commission's concerns stem from earlier articles that may have disclosed confidential evidence, prompting the injunction to protect the integrity of the inquiry.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Cregan Commission secures injunction against Sunday Business Post. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision

When:

• March 2012 Hearing Or Sentence
• November 3rd Other
• November 5th Other
• January 2009 Incident
• February 2013 Incident
• July 2015 Incident
• 2017-12-01 Publication

Why: However, the editor said that he did not believe that the publication had breached the undertakings given, because the material did not come from the Commission or any of its activities. CNI source report

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