The debt-ridden Cork building contracting firm of O’Brien and O’Flynn Ltd is to be wound up by order of the High Court.

A former general manager of business banking with AIB has consented before the Commercial Court to entry of €37.2m judgment against him in favour of Nama over unpaid loans mostly issued for property investments.

David Cullen, owner of the Turk’s Head Bar and Paramount Hotel in Dublin’s Temple Bar, has denied he engaged in “extraordinary” transactions with his wife Mary to avoid repaying €29m loans taken over by Nama.

THE battle over the future of Superquinn has intensified at the High Court with claims by two of its directors that the appointment of joint receivers to the retail chain this week was invalid, while the receivers disputed the validity of a company resolution to present a petition for examinership.

ANGLO Irish Bank has claimed a chartered accountant with an estimated net worth of €10 million can but won’t pay a debt of €650,000 to the bank.

A number of trade creditors of house builders Laragan Developments have told the High Court their anger over the manner they were treated by the company and during the examinership process.

Former Government press secretary Frank Dunlop will be sentenced today for bribing councillors to rezone land for development.

Former Government press secretary Frank Dunlop will be sentenced today for five counts of corruption.

A LENGTHY legal battle between businessman Jerry Beades and ACC Bank has ended at the High Court with orders meaning Mr Beades and his company now face a total liability of €1.5 million out of loans of more than €6m advanced to them by the bank.

Former Government press secretary and lobbyist Frank Dunlop has pleaded guilty to bribing Dublin County Councillors to vote in favour of a land deal in the 90s.

AN Employment Appeals Tribunal has heard that the former secretary-general of the Irish Dental Association, Donal Atkins, was sacked from his €140,000-a-year post last year after he awarded himself an unauthorised pay rise.