High Court grants permission for entry into Console's locked up Toughers Business Park unit

The High Court has granted an order to the interim chief executive of Console  to enter a locked-up storage unit at Toughers Business Park.

He has been ordered to inspect and remove any documents or other articles belonging to the suicide charity.

Lawyers for David Hall told the court this afternoon that a phone call was received at the Console office in Celbridge on Friday evening, from a person saying they had important information for Mr Hall.

Senior Counsel Martin Hayden told the court that Mr Hall returned the call this morning and was told that the caller had seen Paul and Patricia Kelly at a storage unit premises in Naas, Co Kildare on 28 June 2016.

This was five days after an RTÉ Investigations Unit programme revealed serious issues raised during a Health Service Executive audit into the finances and governance of Console.

The court was told Mr Hall made inquiries and was told that Paul Kelly rented a storage unit at Remedy Self Storage, Toughers Business Park, Newhall in Naas on 28 June.

Mr Hall said Mr Kelly paid cash for this rental, but,  he said he was not aware if this cash was withdrawn from Console's accounts or via Console's credit card. He said he was currently investigating this.

The court heard there were two deliveries of goods to the storage unit on 28 June. On the first delivery, Mr Hall's source saw Mr Kelly at the unit driving an Audi Q5.

On the second delivery, the source saw Mr Kelly and his wife and a Mercedes vehicle. The source saw Mrs Kelly at the door of the storage container and Mr Kelly appeared to be inside.

Mr Hall said he was not informed by Mr or Mrs Kelly about the existence of the storage unit and had not been provided with any documentation about its rental or contents.

The court heard Mr Hall had a receipt from the storage company on which Mr Kelly had provided his mobile number and a new address.