A receiver appointed over the lands of a Limerick family who allegedly owe more than €1.5m in bank loans has gone to court in a bid to get access to their farm.

A 20-acre landbank on the northside of Cork city holds the key to paying off the €23m debt Cork GAA is left with following the redevelopment of Páirc Ui Chaoimh.

Calls are increasing for a Luas-style transport system to reduce congestion in Cork, as latest figures show significant increases in traffic volumes over the last two years.

The Republican tax bill unveiled last week in the US Congress could disrupt the global supply chains of large, multinational companies by slapping a 20% tax on cross-border transactions they routinely make between related business units.

The building bust provided a bonanza for accountancy firms with new figures showing that Nama has paid receivers €115.39m over the past seven years.

The State’s botched investigation against ex-banker Seán FitzPatrick was undermined by the fact that untrained officials were tasked with taking key evidence because other prioritised Anglo investigations were draining vital resources.

Lawyers for the Director of Public Prosecutions have sought access for the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement to transcripts of the Sean FitzPatrick trial.

A judge has ordered that former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean FitzPatrick be found not guilty of hiding millions of euro in loans from auditors.

The trial of former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean FitzPatrick yesterday became the longest running criminal trial in the history of the State.

A Japanese flour inspired entrepreneur Roisin Hogan to get into ready-made foods, explains Trish Dromey.

An auditor for Anglo Irish Bank has told a trial that he misled a previous trial about a statement he gave to gardaí.

Investigators into alleged crimes by former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean Fitzpatrick used “unlawful" practices when taking witness statements, his trial has heard.

January has seen a number of large public companies issue profit warnings, something which is set to become commonplace, writes Kyran Fitzgerald.

The lead investigator into allegations of financial crimes by former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean FitzPatrick has accepted that aspects of his investigation were “colossally prejudiced”.

Nama chairman Frank Daly has told Sean Fitzpatrick’s trial about a number of board meetings he attended with him before his resignation.

A former financial controller with Anglo Irish Bank has said he was surprised that external auditors never queried the annual refinancing of the bank’s loans to former chairman Seán FitzPatrick.

Warrants obtained by gardaí to search banking premises for evidence during investigations into events at Anglo Irish Bank in 2008 were unlawful and unconstitutional, a jury has heard.

A thatched cottage in north Clare that was destroyed by fire on Thursday night was declared unsafe due to “failing fire safety standards” two years ago.

Voter disillusion at the effects of globalisation has sent shock waves through the western world, and has caused a great deal of uncertainty for world leaders and trade negotiators, writes Kyran Fitzgerald.

Tails are up again in the housing and land development market in marketable Munster locations, perhaps given an extra fillip too by the changes announced last week by the Central Bank on lending restriction to First Time Buyers, coming on top of 2017’s ‘Help to Buy’ scheme.

The jury in Sean Fitzpatrick’s trial have been told to return to court next week when it is hoped they will hear from the first witness.

Due to a significant overrun, the trial of Anglo Irish Bank’s former CEO Sean Fitzpatrick is now unlikely to finish before the end of February.

David Moran enjoys pizza and golf but only when he is not playing football.

Update (1.11pm): A jury has now been sworn in for the trial of Sean FitzPatrick. They will not begin to hear evidence until next month in what is expected to be a 12-week trial.

Britain: When a cheating spouse upsets the sparrow love nest, it is the children who suffer, scientists have discovered.

A man has been excused from serving on the jury in the ongoing trial of four former executives from Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Life and Permanent (ILP).

John Daly takes us through the highlights form the first half of the business year.

European car sales rose 13.7% in November, according to industry data published yesterday, with US brands gaining strongly as Volkswagen continued to pay for its diesel emissions test-rigging scandal.

Budget 2016 has been labelled a missed opportunity for the Government to support entrepreneurs despite general approval for specific changes on capital gains tax (CGT).

Finance firm Capita Asset Services Ireland has emerged as the big winner in Nama’s payout for professional services in the first six months of this year.

The Central Bank has spent €119m on professional fees since 2011, including expenditure of €27.55m last year.

The Central Bank has appointed a number of major accountancy firms to help assist it with its increased regulation of the credit union sector.

All but one of the Anglo Irish officials central to the economic crash are set to escape any public banking inquiry grilling over their role in the financial scandal.

The property crash has resulted in a €55m bonanza for a number of accountancy firms overseeing Nama receiverships.

Considering anyone living in London is grateful to get a garden big enough to swing a cat – being able to comprehend the amount of open space available in Central Australia is not easy.

Entrepreneurs are far more likely to take on extra staff this year than executives of large corporates, according to a major global survey.

Partners at accountancy firm, KPMG are charging the State €295 per hour for their work on the liquidation of the former Anglo Irish Bank.

Bigger than a wedding marquee - that’s the proposed new national Bridal Centre.

Small and medium-sized businesses run the risk of incurring greater damage and being worse affected than larger firms in the event of cyber crime, a leading expert has warned.

In 2014, European car sales rose for the first time in seven years as buyers replaced aging vehicles with low-cost ones. The market’s revival from a two-decade low is set to continue in 2015.