Parties appeal court orders

Parties in a row between Deutsche Bank and a group of seven Galway firms, involving business debts just short of €700m, have appealed and cross-appealed High Court orders on the future of the companies.

Last week Mr Justice Tony O’Connor put an examiner into three companies connected with Galway City’s four-star Meyrick Hotel but refused court protection to four related companies involved in operating other Galway-based businesses including the Five Star G Hotel and the Eye Cinema.

Michael Cush, counsel for all of the Galway companies, told Ms Justice Mary Finlay Geoghegan in the Court of Appeal that his clients were challenging Mr Justice O’Connor’s decision not to confirm the appointment of an examiner to four of the companies.