Cassidys ‘not consenting’ to council application for company records, court told

The Donegal firm at the centre of the defective concrete crisis is “not consenting” to a court application to turn over its documents to the local authority.

Donegal County Council brought an application to access the records of Cassidy Brothers Concrete Ltd before the most recent sitting of Buncrana District Court.

Garda Sergeant Emmet Brady told the court how the application was being prepared by Detective Sergeant Callaghan.

Judge Eiteain Cunningham said she would need time to consider the application before making her decision. “I’m just reading this for the first time today and I’m going to have to consider the application,” she said.

Judge Cunningham asked whether anyone in court wished to address her on it.

Solicitor Eamonn Dillon, who had travelled from Kerry, told the judge that he was representing Cassidy's in the matter.

Judge Cunningham asked the solicitor: “What’s your position in relation to this application?”

Mr Dillon replied: “I’ll reserve my position if you don’t mind.”

However the judge pressed him further: “Well, no, I’d like to hear your position now at this stage. You’ve obviously had notice of the application.”

The solicitor then said his client was not consenting to it.

“We’re not consenting, judge,” he said. “There’s a larger issue there and we’ve written to the gardaí about it.”

Judge Cunningham adjourned the matter for a period of one month, until the March 13 sitting of Buncrana District Court.

“I will consider the application. But if you’re not consenting then I’m going to have to hear the reasons as to why you’re not consenting on the next occasion,” she warned Mr Dillon.

“Yes, judge,” he replied.