Growing up in Ballyclough, Co Cork, you couldn’t get Laura Fitzgerald off the farm.

We take a trip down memory lane and check out what happened on this day in years gone by by looking back at some Irish Examiner front pages and highlighting other events which went down in history across the world.

A decade after completion, and having weathered the economic crash, Cork’s iconic Elysian tower and its 211 flanking apartments are now fully occupied.

A decade after completion, and having weathered the economic crash, Cork's iconic Elysian tower and its 211 flanking apartments are now fully occupied.

A High Court judge has disqualified Independent TD Mick Wallace from involvement in companies for six years arising from his stewardship of the affairs of his construction company, M.J. Wallace.

Three banks have now retrieved almost €5.7m after appointing receivers to the assets formerly owned by TD Mick Wallace’s main building firm.

Three banks have recouped nearly €5m, between them, from the receivership of assets formerly owned by M&J Wallace; main building arm of independent TD Mick Wallace.

A High Court judge has granted temporary High Court injunctions compelling former winners of Ireland’s Fittest Family on RTÉ to hand over possession of their Co Cork farm to bank-appointed receivers, writes Aodhan O’Faolain.

AIB has now pocketed €1.19m from the sale of properties formerly owned by Mick Wallace TD’s main building firm around Dublin, documents show.

Setting up a specialist lender for the construction sector, like the original ACC Bank did for farming, and reducing the Vat rate on building homes could help cut costs and ease the housing crisis, according to a major new study.

Two men are being pursued for €44m summary judgment orders over alleged default on loans issued to buy lands in Dublin.

A county councillor has told a court he is facing bankruptcy as a result of failed business dealings.

Independent TD Mick Wallace has opposed as “unfair and premature” an application by a fund for €2m summary judgment orders against him over his guarantee of a bank loan to his firm.

A family whose house was scheduled to be repossessed at lunchtime yesterday was given a last chance by a High Court judge to save its home of 20 years.

State-owned Allied Irish Bank has defended relief given to mortgage holders and said its customer base is growing and that it is dropping interest rates.

State-owned AIB has pocketed €250,000 from the €295,000 sale of one of Independent TD Mick Wallace’s main firm’s four Temple Bar apartments.

TWO big Kinsale offers come to market independently this week for receivers — one being 95 acres of spectacularly-sited land at Pregane, next to where a €200m golf resort development was proposed a decade ago.

A couple are facing a demand for summary judgment for around €2.4m arising out of loan facilities secured on part of their dairy farm.

Shares in the Irish exploration firm Providence Resources fell by nearly 17% at one point yesterday following a significant stock sale believed to be by a number of retail investors amid concern that it still faces challenges in getting its proposed development deal at Barryroe over the line.

First oil flow from the much-anticipated Barryroe field in the Celtic Sea may not occur until the end of this decade, according to analysts.