No charges to be brought against Michael Lowry

Mr Lowry yesterday said he had been told the director of public prosecutions “has issued a direction that there will be no prosecution of me”.

The tribunal’s 2011 report was referred to An Garda Síochána, which sent a file to the DPP in late 2024.

In a statement, Mr Lowry said the report “was always flawed, not being based on hard facts or admissible evidence, but on conjecture, manipulation and speculation”.

“Its findings have allowed me to be subjected to repeated insults, smears and false allegations, with no legal remedy available to me,” he said.

“Even though its findings are legally sterile, as the Supreme Court have pronounced, it has deprived me of any ability to defend myself from repeated character assassination and attacks on my reputation.”

He added: “Despite the unfair and unfounded opinions of the Moriarty report, there are no charges being brought against me arising from the award of the licence; no charge of corruption, or misfeasance in public office; no charges of personal gain or bribery on my part.”