A Dublin landlord in contempt of court over a 7 million euro debt to National Irish Bank has handed over his passport having been briefly held under police supervision.
John Meagher with an address at West Beach, Cobh, Co Cork has told the Commercial Court he has been in India and was unaware of the court proceedings until a friend informed him by telephone that it was all over the newspapers.
Our Courts Correspondent Francesca Comyn reports: