The High Court has confirmed examinership for troubled exploration company Petroceltic and two related companies.

A High Court judge has overturned an order dissolving Siteserv, the firm whose sale by State-owned IBRC to a company of billionaire businessman Denis O’Brien is being investigated by a commission of inquiry.

Trio accused of working against golfer’s relationship with agency

The landlord of Dublin’s Café en Seine bar is refusing to consent to a bank-appointed receiver’s proposed assignment of a lease on the premises so it can be sold for €5m, it was claimed in the Commercial Court yesterday.

The Karen Millen ladies fashion chain and two associated companies, employing 300, have been given High Court protection to allow them try to trade out their financial difficulties.

A judge will deal next week with various pre-trial matters in the action by golfer Rory McIlroy over a disputed representation agreement.

The High Court has granted an injunction against the Master of the High Court, Edmund Honohan, following his decision to refer papers on a case to the DPP for a perjury investigation.

Golfer Rory McIlroy wants an autumn trial date for his legal challenge to the validity and enforceability of representation agreements involving allegedly “unreasonable” fee rates and commissions, the Commercial Court has been told.

Gardaí found a shotgun at the property where repossession action group leader Charlie Allen was arrested last Monday.

A decision that a defamatory YouTube video be permanently removed from the internet should only be arrived at after a full trial of the matter, a High Court judge was told yesterday.

The future of the Sunday Business Post has been secured — the Commercial Court yesterday approved a survival plan for the newspaper.

A special manager appointed to run a Kildare credit union is willing to be cross-examined about the level of fees he is seeking for the job, the High Court heard yesterday.

Eight written expressions of interest have been filed in investing in the Sunday Business Post, the High Court heard yesterday as it confirmed the appointment of an examiner to the newspaper owners and publishers Post Publications Ltd.

Nama is to receive over $200,000 (€148,000) after the 8.38-carat diamond solitaire ring belonging to a property developer’s wife sold at a US auction.

The President of the High Court has extended the appointment of a special manager to Newbridge Credit Union to next summer, which will increase to €1.25m the costs to 37,000 members of that appointment sought by the Central Bank.

Ireland’s best-known car dealer, Bill Cullen, is being pursued by Danske Bank for more than €8.2m in unpaid loans.

Cappoquin Poultry, the debt-ridden Co Waterford chicken processing company, has a reasonable prospect of survival as a going concern, the High Court was told yesterday.

A High Court action by a non-executive director of Independent News and Media (INM) over a €1.87m exit payment to the company’s former CEO, Gavin O’Reilly, has been settled.

The High Court has confirmed the appointment of an examiner to award-winning iconic food business Fallon & Byrne.

Superquinn's proposed sale to Musgraves is set to proceed after a petition seeking to have the company put in examinership was withdrawn.

A large number of Xtra-vision's landlords have agreed to variations of the lease agreements they have with the chain, the High Court heard today.

THE Commercial Court yesterday directed parties in the McInerney construction group examinership to exchange information in time for a full hearing of the matter just before Christmas.

THE High Court yesterday confirmed the appointment of an examiner to the Four Star Pizza takeaway and delivery chain after it heard an independent accountant had found it has a reasonable prospect of survival if certain steps are taken.

THE High Court has appointed an interim examiner to one of the state’s largest construction firms, Pierse Construction, after being informed that an independent accountant’s report revealed the firm has a reasonable prospect of survival.

The High Court has appointed an interim examiner to one of the State's largest construction firms Pierse Contracting after being informed that an independent accountant's report has revealed the firm has a reasonable prospect of survival.

The High Court extended protection to the troubled McInerney building group until November 2.

THREE banks owed tens of millions of euro by house builders McInerney Homes opposed the firm and related companies being allowed go into examinership, the High Court has heard.

The High Court today appointed a provisional liquidator to two companies in the Liam Carroll-controlled Zoe group.

The High Court has formally struck out an order for the winding up of the holding company of Cork City Football Club after being informed that the outstanding debt to Revenue has been fully paid.

POP superstar Prince may well be reflecting on the lyrics from his 1980s song Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? after hearing concert promoters MCD are to sue the performer for €1.6 million following the cancellation of a concert at Croke Park earlier this year.

THERE have been several serious expressions of interest from potential investors in the Sasha chain of ladies clothing stores, the High Court heard yesterday.

TAX dodgers paid nearly €2.2 billion since the law was tightened in recent years, Revenue Commissioners’ chairman Frank Daly disclosed yesterday.

FORMER minister Michael Lowry is likely to be included among tax defaulters named in the list published quarterly by the Revenue Commissioners, the Moriarty Tribunal heard yesterday.

FORMER Taoiseach John Bruton has claimed Independent Newspapers threatened in September 1996 to give the Rainbow Coalition bad publicity if the Fine Gael-led Government did not address grievances affecting the group’s interests.

FORMER Esat Digifone legal expert Jarleth Burke told the resumed Moriarty Tribunal yesterday he had never had any contact with Michael Lowry, Minister for Communications during the competition for the country’s second mobile phone licence in 1995.

A SENIOR civil servant told the Moriarty Tribunal yesterday he didn’t believe former Minister Michael Lowry interfered with the process by which Esat Digifone was selected to operate the country’s second mobile telephone network.