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Sat 10 Oct 2007Known debts of two solicitors top €100mThe total known bank debts owed by the two Dublin-based solicitors at the centre of several High Court actions have passed the €100 million mark. Simon Carswell, Finance Correspondent, reports.The Irish Timeshas established that Anglo Irish Bank is owed more than €13 million by solicitor and property developer Michael Lynn, bringing his total known borrowings so far to more than €70 million. The bank is also owed more than €4 million by solicitor Thomas Byrne, whose Walkinstown practice was closed on Monday by the Law Society and whose whereabouts are unknown.