Danielle Ryan lends more to her firm Roads Luxury

Entrepreneur Danielle Ryan and her husband, Richard Bourke, ploughed €1.3m in loans into their Roads Luxury lifestyle brand group last year.

The additional funds bring to €2.37m the amount that Ms Ryan and Mr Bourke, a lawyer, have advanced in loans to the group, which is made up of three separate companies specialising in fragrance, entertainment, and publishing.

The businesses were only established in 2013 and the three firms continued in their start-up phase last year, a stage at which losses are usually anticipated.