Cahir O’Higgins (49) recorded a conversation he had with Garda Tao Yu around May 2020, the court was told.

Cahir O’Higgins (49) pleaded not guilty to one count of theft of €400 in July 2016 and four counts of attempting to pervert the course of justice in December 2017.

Brendan Mullin is accused of stealing over €570,000 from Bank of Ireland Private Bank among other charges

Mr Mullin, of Stillorgan Road, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, has pleaded not guilty to one count of stealing €500,000 from Bank of Ireland (BOI) Private Bank.

The jury was told Mr Mullin was the managing director of Bank of Ireland Private Bank at the time of the alleged offences and that he is a former rugby international who played for Ireland.

He was one of two men arrested on Tuesday following a search conducted at a property in Limerick.

The teen is also accused of stealing the vehicle he was driving

Jill Bergin (39) a separated mother of two of Castle Manor, Ferns, Co Wexford, pleaded guilty to three sample counts of theft from three residents at Ros Mhuire centre in Rathdrum, Co Wicklow.

One of the men has since been charged and is due to appear in court on Wednesday

Following their arrests and detentions, one man in his 20s was charged and brought before the District Court on Thursday, January 25th.

The van was recovered by gardaí a short time later, in the Shelbourne Mews area of Limerick City

To date, this operation has led to the arrest of a total of 17 individuals connected to 22 separate incidents

It is the prosecution’s case that Mr Lynn obtained multiple mortgages on the same properties, in a situation where banks were unaware that other institutions were also providing finance.

Mr Lynn told the court: "It would be dishonest of me not to acknowledge that in the office environment, things were frenetic."

The former solicitor (55) is on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court accused of the theft of around €27 million from seven financial institutions

It is the prosecution’s case that Mr Lynn obtained multiple mortgages on the same properties, in a situation where banks were unaware that other institutions were also providing finance.

It is the prosecution’s case that Mr Lynn obtained multiple mortgages on the same properties, in a situation where banks were unaware that other institutions were also providing finance.

The court has heard Arthur King of Bank of Ireland was involved in compiling documents for the bank's insurance claim in the wake of their losses in relation to Mr Lynn's loans.

Fiona McAleenan agreed that she told the Law Society she was a partner in the practice at Mr Lynn's request

Michael Lynn (55) is on trial accused of the theft of around €27 million from seven financial institutions

Ciaran Farrell of Permanent TSB told Mr Lynn's defence counsel that two people present in court on Monday and last Friday were from the legal department of the bank.

On Friday, former Permanent TSB commercial lending manager, John O'Brien, gave evidence in relation to an allegation that Mr Lynn stole €3.7 million from the institution in 2007.

It is the prosecution’s case that Mr Lynn obtained multiple mortgages on the same properties, in a situation where banks were unaware that other institutions were also providing finance.

Olivia Greene, former senior underwriter with Irish Nationwide Building Society, told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that her boss Michael Fingleton told her he wasn't going to take the blame for the loan.

Michael Lynn (55) is accused of the theft of around €27 million from seven financial institutions

Michael Lynn (55) is on trial accused of the theft of around €27 million from seven financial institutions