The Law Society has defended its handling of the Thomas Byrne case after the former solicitor was sentenced to 16 years in prison for the largest white-collar crime ever to come before the courts. Judge Patrick McCartan said Byrne (47), of Mountjoy Square in Dublin, had engaged in “colossal wrongdoing” by stealing €52 million from banks and defrauding 13 clients out of homes or money. He...
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