SHAREHOLDERS of publicly listed companies will have greater powers to voice their opinions over the running of the firms in which they’ve invested when the Tánaiste signs into law new legislation today.

UNTIL recent weeks both treasurers in Bertie Ahern’s Dublin Central constituency did not know exactly how much was in the “B/T” account from which Celia Larkin was loaned IR£30,000, the Mahon Tribunal heard yesterday.

TOURISM Minister John O’Donoghue said any settlement of an internal row in a top golf club would need the approval of Bord Fáilte, a 75% shareholder in the club.