A permanent examiner has been appointed to come up with a plan to secure the development of a €180m power station in north Co. Mayo.

Eugene McErlean is an expert on banking and corporate governance and he wonders why the improvements seen in aircraft safety which have resulted from disasters over the last 50 years seem like a distant aspiration when it comes to banking. 

An interim examiner has been appointed by the High Court to a Co Wexford-based steel-fabrication business, which employs 24 people.

Hundreds of jobs are on the line at the Irish division of betting giant Ladbrokes after it suffered losses of €5m last year.