The Munster headquarters of the Bank of Ireland, at 32 South Mall in Cork city centre has been put up for sale, as a banking blue-blood, blue-chip investment. The guide is €16 million.

Bank loses court appeal against farm adverse possession by ‘squatter’

Their twin talents have been signposted for a decade, and on the eve of their LPGA debut tomorrow, the Maguire sisters from Cavan have inked a pair of lucrative sponsorship agreements which provide stability for them as they tee off highly anticipated pro careers.

Consumer and financial experts say regulators should urge RaboDirect to consider extending its notice period beyond May because of the unprecedented effects its decision to shut its €3bn savings operation will have on its 90,000 customers.

A former publican who claimed an ex-AIB investment manager defrauded her has lost a High Court action claiming losses and damages.

A horse show has been cancelled as firefighters tackle vehicles ablaze at a multi-storey car park next to the Echo Arena in Liverpool city centre.

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.

Investment by multinationals is being put in jeopardy by the housing shortage, according to a report by the American Chamber of Commerce (ACC).

A High Court judge has imposed litigation restrictions on a woman and her non-professional advisor over their involvement in multiple actions that amounted to "an abuse of process upon an abuse of process" concerning a Midlands farm.

Friendships on the golf course make any challenge easy to overcome, writes Kevin Markham.

The building bust provided a bonanza for accountancy firms with new figures showing that Nama has paid receivers €115.39m over the past seven years.

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

AIB has set aside €190m to compensate customers wrongly moved off tracker mortgage loans. The bank also admitted 14 people had lost their home as a result of the error.

The man behind Ireland’s only missing persons helpline is concerned that lack of government funding could see the charity close its doors within 12 months.

Lee Corso didn’t make the journey to Dublin this time but the veteran ESPN analyst could hardly contain himself on TV when he was asked for his memories of the original ‘Emerald Isle Classic’, played in a very different Lansdowne Road, back in 1988.

Lee Corso didn’t make the journey to Dublin this time but the veteran ESPN analyst could hardly contain himself on TV this week when he was asked for his memories of the original ‘Emerald Isle Classic’, played in a very different Lansdowne Road, back in 1988, writes Brendan O’Brien of the Irish Examiner.

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.

IT’S a little difficult to know what exactly Niall ‘Bressie’ Breslin’s first book, Me and My Mate Jeffrey, actually is. 

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.

A high-ranking British police officer has been suspended after reportedly having a dispute with a fellow officer about who had the most attractive breasts.

Injunctions against businessman Jerry Beades and his New Land League group, which has been protesting over the sale of cattle belonging to a Cork farmer have been enlarged by the High Court.

A High Court action brought over the auction of cattle belonging to a Co Cork family has been adjourned.

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 bank is entitled to an order requiring a doctor to provide a legal charge over his and his wife’s 11-bedroom home , the High Court has ruled.

The upturn in the economy may help 5,000 people living in unfinished estates even more than legal threats against financial institutions which have an obligation to complete works to them.

Most of the mortgage lenders have now announced rate cuts in response to their meeting with the finance minister.

The Government has been urged to again press the main banks to reduce mortgage costs for borrowers with claims that little has changed ahead of a deadline for lenders next week.

The number of households in arrears on mortgage payments on their homes has fallen by almost one third in less than two years, according to the latest data from the Department of Finance.

Finance Minister Michael Noonan has given banks until July 1 to cut interest rates for hundreds of thousands of mortgage holders, or face penalties.

Mortgage holders look set for a reprieve after Finance Minister Michael Noonan confirmed the banks’ power to veto debt deals is to be diluted and given to an independent body.

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.

EVEN though this moment, long denied in the hope that it might never arrive, has been anticipated for nearly a decade, figures released yesterday by the Central Bank predicting a short-term tsunami of home repossessions, and all of the heartbreak that infers, are still chilling.