Overview

• RTÉ reports a man and a woman arrested on 11 September in Dublin were interviewed under caution and released without charge, with a file now going to the DPP.
• The investigation is being led by the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation after appellate judges referred material from the case to prosecutors.
• These were the first arrests in the inquiry into alleged perjury connected to sworn statements that were briefly advanced as ‘new evidence’ in McGregor’s appeal.
• McGregor had sought to rely on the affidavits last July before withdrawing that strand of his appeal, after which the Court of Appeal reviewed documents and made the referral.
• The Irish Sun identified the two as Samantha O’Reilly and Steven Cummins and reported they deny the allegations, a detail not confirmed by Gardaí.