The former head of Budget Travel and chairperson of Irish Life and Permanent Gillian Bowler has passed away.

Update 6.29pm: The jury in the longest-running criminal trial in the State’s history has gone home for the long weekend and will resume its deliberations on Tuesday.

Shareholders in the former Irish Life & Permanent (IL&P) who are suing the Government for loss of earnings after the 2011 bailout, can expect an EU judge to make a preliminary ruling on the case in four months.

A senior banker with Irish Life and Permanent has told the trial of four banking executives that he was uncomfortable with alleged inter-bank transfers of €7.2bn with Anglo Irish Bank.