"All we do is cry and talk about him. We feel alone, miserable and hurt."

Fresh from his Strictly Come Dancing exit last weekend, Daniel O’Donnell and his wife Majella are hitting the road in their B&B Road Trip.

Eircom now has over one million customers connected to their fibre broadband service, the company announced.

Bed and breakfasts are set to make major gains this year, figures show.

A couple found shot in an apparent murder-suicide in a Carlow B&B spent the previous night socialising in the pub across the road.

The former Anglo Irish Bank is suing its former auditors Ernst & Young for more than €50m damages over losses allegedly resulting from the firm’s “repeated failure” to un-cover alleged “highly unusual and improper” “bed and breakfast” loan transactions by former Anglo chairman Seán FitzPatrick.

THE Labour Court has recommended that the operators of a Co Clare B&B pay a former worker over €4,300 after the woman took an action over being paid €2.50 per hour for six months.

The state-owned UK company that runs nationalised Northern Rock Asset Management and Bradford & Bingley today said both companies returned to profit last year.

Four children, missing from their home in County Louth since Thursday, have been located in Newcastle Co. Down.

A HOMOSEXUAL couple who successfully sued the Christian owners of a B&B who refused them a bed are withdrawing a claim for more compensation, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said.

Cautious trading ahead of key US jobs data left the FTSE 100 Index in the red today as investors moved to lock-in recent gains.

Nationalised lender Bradford & Bingley posted annual losses of £196m (€218m) today as write-offs on bad debts and fraud almost doubled.

CORK County Council is prepared to offer its expertise to the embattled MV Julia should its owners, the Fastnet Line, require help.

B&Bs have experienced a boost in business during the recession, according to figures out today.

A turbulent session for world markets left the FTSE 100 Index at its lowest level for more than three years tonight.

The FTSE 100 Index slipped below the 5000 barrier today after another gruelling session for top-flight banking shares.

Struggling UK mortgage lender Bradford & Bingley is to be nationalised, the British government confirmed today.

Details began to emerge today of the deal to save the ailing mortgage lender Bradford & Bingley.

Top-level talks over ailing lender Bradford & Bingley continued today amid reports the bank faces imminent nationalisation.

Embattled buy-to-let specialist Bradford & Bingley's prospects as a standalone lender are looking bleak, City analysts warned today.

Struggling mortgage lender Bradford & Bingley said today it is cutting 370 jobs in the UK in a crackdown on costs.

The £12.5bn (€15.8bn) takeover of British Energy saw its shares shine today in an otherwise lacklustre session for the London market.

Beleaguered lender Bradford & Bingley today said it had crashed into the red in the first half of 2008, after credit crunch losses and rising bad debts.

Bed and breakfast owners have called on tourism authorities to introduce compulsory licensing urgently for all, as well as a grading system to reduce the threat posed by a growing number of unapproved B&Bs.

Nearly 30% of mortgage lender Bradford & Bingley will end up in the hands of other banks following its £400m (€502.6m) fundraising move, it was revealed today.

Troubled lender Bradford & Bingley today said investors had bought more than one in four of the new shares offered under its £400m (€507.2m) fundraising plans.

The former boss of Alliance & Leicester has been lined up as the new chief executive of embattled lender Bradford & Bingley, it was reported today.

The buy-out group involved in Bradford & Bingley's ill-fated capital raising was today reported to be circling another buy-to-let lender.

SAFETY fears could delay by months a full investigation into a fire at a derelict recycling plant in Lismore, said gardaí yesterday.

Britain’s high street banks have agreed to buy a large chunk of shares to rescue troubled Bradford & Bingley, it was reported today.

The FTSE 100 Index rose almost 2% today as investors returned to the market after the sell-off of the previous week.

Hefty falls in the banking and insurance sectors wiped another 1% off the London market today to close a volatile week for UK blue chips.

London’s FTSE 100 Index fell nearly 1% today as fresh fears surfaced over the banking sector and weak metals prices held back miners.

Bradford & Bingley’s major shareholders were today stepping in to salvage the lender’s £400m (€505m) funding plan after a US private equity firm walked away from the deal.

The London market closed in the red today after a volatile session amid concerns over the housing market and political tension between Israel and Iran.

The London market was on the back foot once more today as early gains faded in the face of further bad news from the housing market.

Bradford & Bingley today said it rejected plans put forward by investment group Resolution to pump £400m (€505m) into the embattled UK mortgage lender.

IRISH banks suffered huge losses again yesterday as British lender Bradford & Bingley (B&B) warned of losses in the first quarter due to mounting bad debts.

There was little sign of a stock market comeback for struggling British lender Bradford & Bingley today after yesterday’s 24% tumble.

Bradford & Bingley sold nearly a quarter of its business today as it moved to shore up its finances in the face of a sharp downturn in trading.

The FTSE 100 Index ended a see-saw session in positive territory today, despite gloomy Bank of England inflation forecasts hitting hopes of interest rate cuts.

British buy-to-let specialist Bradford & Bingley saw its share price tumble today after it became the third major bank to ask shareholders for cash.

The London market slipped into the red today as Royal Bank of Scotland’s £12bn rights issue triggered a tough session for bank shares.