Former Miss Ireland and TV presenter Pamela Flood can celebrate her 48th birthday tonight knowing a court has delayed judgment on any decision that would see her and restaurateur husband Ronan Ryan being put out of their €900,000 home in leafy Clontarf, Dublin.

Former Miss Ireland Pamela Flood and her husband, restaurateur Ronan Ryan, could be facing imprisonment within the next 48 hours for breaching court orders relating to the home in which they have lived cost-free for almost 10 years.

Former Miss Ireland Pamela Flood and her restaurateur husband Ronan Ryan may go to prison for failing to quit their €900,000 home after having agreed to hand it back to a bank to which they owed €1.2m.

A High Court judge has reserved judgment in a personal insolvency application by musician Frank McNamara and his barrister wife Theresa Lowe.

Musician Frank McNamara and his wife, barrister Theresa Lowe, are seeking High Court approval for a personal insolvency arrangement to assist them in dealing with debts of €3.7m.

A High Court judge wants the Court of Appeal to decide significant legal issues “clearly of considerable public importance” and potentially affecting hundreds of repossession cases.

A High Court judge wants the Court of Appeal to decide significant legal issues "clearly of considerable public importance", potentially affecting hundreds of repossession cases.

A couple who discovered an error in Bank of Scotland’s sale of their €170,000 mortgage to US-owned vulture fund Tanager Limited, smiled as they left court yesterday after a judge threw out Tanager’s bid to take back their home.

A judge has told banks they will have to provide real people, and not just faceless voices at the end of a callcentre phone, to deal with client complaints about their financial problems.