Former Fianna Fáil TD Colm Keaveney has been adjudicated bankrupt at the High Court.

In the brief hearing, Ms Justice Caroline Costello told him his papers were in order.

Mr Keaveney represented himself in court.

He lost his seat in Galway East in the last election and was also unsuccessful in a run for the Seanad.

He defected from Labour to Fianna Fáil in 2013

Mr Keaveney is currently being sued for defamation by businessman Denis O'Brien.