A US businessman has told the Commercial Court his proposal to Anglo Irish Bank to sponsor a New York hotels investment fund was first suggested at a Rolling Stones concert in New York in September 2005.

WHEN you look at the number of people infected with SARS and the number of people it kills, at first sight it seems hard to fathom why it is making international headlines. In terms of deadliness and numbers infected, it must rank well down the list.

A major shadow has been cast over the future of this year’s six nations rugby tournament because of the foot and mouth scare and this could also affect the selection process for the Lions tour.