D Monday, January 25, 2010 News Tribunals have turned 22 lawyers into millionaires IRELANDS two remaining ongoing tribunals have created 22 millionaires among their legal teams. Six lawyers working at the Moriarty Tribunal have earned more than 1mil- lion so far, while the Mahon planning tribunal has 16 lawyers who have been paid at least that. Since 1997, tribunal lawyers have earned 77million, with the top 22 earning an average 3.16million each, according to figures obtained by the Sunday Tribune. The group is made up of nine senior counsel, nine junior counsel and four solicitors. The top three earners all come from the Moriarty Tribunal, the inquiry into the award of the States second mobile phone licence. Senior counsel John Coughlan, Jerry Healy and Jacqueline OBrien had been paid 8.9million, 8.6million and 6.14million respectively by No- vember. The top earner at Mahon is Patricia Dillon SC, who has earned more than 5.3million. An eight per cent cut to fees paid to lawyers is not expected to have much impact on the cost of the inquiries, as most work has already been finished. By Con Doherty A Toy Poodle dog wears a pair of sunglasses at the 2010 FCI Chiba International Dog Show in Chiba, near Tokyo. Hundreds of pet dogs and owners took part in the competition Picture: Reuters Hey, who turned out the lights? Pair held in abandoned baby case A COUPLE have been arrested in Wales over an eight-month-old baby found abandoned in an Irish church. The little boy was found safe and well, along with a note telling his name and date of birth, at a Carlow cathedral on Friday afternoon after being taken from his legal guardians home inthe county of Nottinghamshire, in the UK, the day before. Welsh police are holding a 22-year-old woman and a 25-year-old man who are believed to have taken a ferry from Ireland to Britain after being seen leaving the building. Garda had been searching for a couple who were seen leaving the Cathedral of the Assumption in Carlow Town after a witness reportedly heard a man and woman crying as they left the porch area. The baby boy is now under the care of the Health Service Executive while the Garda and their counterparts in Nottinghamshire work to reunite him with his legal guardian in the Ashfield area of the county. The baby had reportedly already been put into the custody of a new legal guardian, and Welsh police said they would be reunited this week. index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html