Mr. Terence Ahern:

Not really. We took the request to the CIÉ board. At its meeting of 21 February, it passed the matter to the CIÉ executive. I have a letter dated 27 February from Mr. Carlyle addressed to me. It asked me to note something further to Ms Finucane's letter to me of 22 February.

It states that CIÉ has considered this request for funding for independent legal advice and decided not to grant it. It is signed "Yours sincerely, Mr. Carlyle".