The Minister for Finance used powers under a 2008 "emergency" law to create a promissory note in 2010 which can be adjusted to allow for the payment of "possibly limitless" amounts of public monies, ...

A LAW giving the Minister for Finance "unusual" power to create €31bn sovereign debt via promissory notes did not amount to an unlawful "blank chequebook" to spend public money, the State argued in ...

The court will resume, on a later date, hearing the appeal by Independent TD Joan Collins against the High Court’s rejection of her challenge over the issuing of the promissory notes. The State ...

An emergency law giving the minister for finance power to spend “possibly limitless” sums of public money supporting financial institutions via promissory notes was so general it could mean the ...

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Four TDs - Clare Daly, Luke Flanagan, Mick Wallace and Joan Collins - want to be joined to businessman David Hall's challenge to the Government's payment of promissory notes, including a €3 billion ...

United Left TD Joan Collins has been awarded 75% of her legal costs in her unsuccessful challenge to the promissory notes issued by the Minister for Finance in favour of Anglo Irish Bank and the ...

Discover the key differences between bills of exchange and promissory notes, including their usage, risks, and financial ...