The Supreme Court has ruled Ulster Bank is entitled to €3.5m summary judgment against businessman Jerry Beades over unpaid loans.

A Dublin couple have not paid a penny off the €1.2m debt on their Mount Merrion home for the past two years, the Circuit Civil Court has heard.

A judge has dismissed the case against a man accused of stealing money from a cash machine because he said the State had failed to prove the bank existed.

A bank is to evict a Dublin mother and her children for a second time this year, as the judge cites a lack of engagement with the banks in connection with arrears of over €55,000.

Businessman Bill Cullen has told the Commercial Court there is "no doubt" his €11.5m debt to Ulster Bank will be cleared and he became "so irritated" over the approach of receivers in selling assets of his companies that he decided to take legal proceedings.

One-time billionaire businessman Tony O’Reilly has had a judgment for €22.6m entered against him at the Commercial Court.

A MODERN mixed-use investment building in Cork’s Carrigaline has been sold for around €2 million, acquired by an Irish investor via a competitive bid process.

A High Court ruling has significant implications for Ulster Bank’s efforts to recover debts in Ireland.

Developer Sean Dunne failed to persuade the US bankruptcy judge to bar Ulster Bank Ireland Ltd from initiating a parallel bankruptcy in Ireland.

Ten people involved in property partnerships have sued Ulster Bank Ireland Ltd and First Active plc over the alleged mis-selling of derivative agreements or swaps to hedge “notional liabilities” for more than €65m.

BANK of Ireland Plc and Irish Life & Permanent Plc had their credit ratings affirmed by Standard & Poor’s, along with two other banks, and were given negative outlooks.