A warrant has been issued for the arrest of an Irishman accused of torturing his roommate’s cat, after it emerged he left the US and returned home.

Scarlets boosted their European Champions Cup qualification ambitions by seeing off Leinster 23-13 in a rousing Guinness Pro12 clash at Parc y Scarlets.

A judge was asked not to jail a morbidly obese illegal tobacco dealer because of his health problems.

Wealthy Irish people have the least diversified portfolio of assets than their counterparts in any of the other 17 countries surveyed as part of Barclay’s Wealth Insights report.

The financial services sector is like a runaway train and must be sidetracked.

All the parties involved in developer Paddy McKillen’s action aimed at preventing the sale of his IBRC loans to the Barclay brothers will pay their own legal costs after a High Court ruling.

Property investor Paddy McKillen claims communications between certain officials of Department of Finance, Nama, and representatives of the Barclay brothers, relating to the sale of his loans by Irish Bank Resolution Corporation were unlawful and improper.

The High Court has ordered there should be limited disclosure of documents to property investor Paddy McKillen by the billionaire Barclay brothers in advance of next month’s hearing of a challenge to the sale of hundreds of millions worth of Mr McKillen’s loans by Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC).

It’s been a bruising few years for the agency and it’s not over yet, writes Business Correspondent John Walsh.

Nama has generated €16.5bn in cash and redeemed €7.5bn of senior bonds since it was established in 2009, according to its 2013 end-of-year statement.

Nama is not interested in the personalities behind loans and the decision to sell Patrick McKillen’s loans to the Barclay brothers was taken on a purely commercial basis, the agency’s CEO has claimed.

One of the UK’s best-known business families claimed a “resounding victory” yesterday in a long-running legal battle over control of a £1bn (€1.18bn) company which owns three of London’s most famous hotels.

Elizabeth Dunne

An Irish property developer has lost a High Court battle with two of Britain’s best -known businessmen.

There is little that incenses people more than seeing blatant unfairness in the system and then listening to cant and hypocrisy justifying the situation.

Property developer Patrick McKillen has told a judge that former British prime minister Tony Blair acted as an “honest broker” who he felt could “smooth over issues” for him in his court battle for control of three of London’s leading hotels.

Bono joined two businessmen and a billionaire Saudi prince on a yacht in the south of France as a multimillion-pound deal to sell one of the world’s most famous hotels was finalised, a British High Court judge was told yesterday.

Billed as an Irish-British grudge match, Paddy McKillen is taking on the Barclay twins — owners of the Ritz London and ‘Daily Telegraph’ among more — for ownership rights to London’s most prestigious hotels, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

A property developer embroiled in a High Court battle with two of Britain’s best-known businessmen has been accused of having “convenient amnesia”.

Banking giant Barclays slashed the bonus pool for its investment banking arm by 32% in 2011 to £1.5bn (€1.78bn0)amid mounting pressure over the controversial payouts.

QPR were the Barclay’s Premier League’s biggest spenders on transfer deadline day with almost £9million invested on strikers Bobby Zamora and Djibril Cisse.

DEVELOPER Patrick McKillen, who holds 36% of Maybourne Hotels Ltd, is suing fellow shareholders Daily Telegraph owners David and Frederick Barclay in a dispute over a deal involving the landmark London hotel operator’s debt.

BANKS should stop apologising for the mistakes which helped cause the financial crisis, Barclays new boss told British politicians, striking a defiant tone in a grilling over bonuses yesterday.

Digital sales agency, AD2ONE Ireland, has won the contract to represent all of the Barclay’s Premier League's online advertising in Ireland.

THE National Treasury Management Agency is determined to press ahead with the sale of €1.5 billion in fresh Government debt next Tuesday, despite interest rates on Government debt hitting record highs yesterday.

A judge who questioned whether Barclays Bank was getting off too easily nonetheless approved a deal likely to enable the bank to avoid prosecution over claims that it engaged in $500m (€390.4m) in illegal transactions with banks in Cuba, Iran, Libya, Sudan and Burma for more than a decade.

A judge in the United States has approved a deal that Barclays Bank PLC made with the US Justice Department to defer prosecution of the bank over allegations that it illegally engaged in financial transactions with banks in Cuba, Iran, Libya, Sudan and Burma.

The run of good news for British banking stocks continued today after the sector appeared to win a favourable settlement on bank capital standards.

A strong session for retail and financial stocks helped maintain gains on the London market today as UK stocks continued to recover recent lost ground.

THE High Court has reserved judgment in an application by the British authorities for the extradition of Englishman Perry Wharrie, who last July was jailed for 30 years for his role in a significant cocaine smuggling operation in Co Cork.

Shares in Barclays were given a boost today after the banking giant confirmed it was considering a fundraising move that could reportedly see it tap overseas investors for £4bn (€5.07bn).

BATTLING Glasgow were denied a Heineken Cup double over Biarritz after conceding two late tries last night.

The London market took a roller-coaster ride today as caution on Wall Street muted early confidence over blue-chip stocks.

An official investigation has been launched into alleged customer privacy breaches by Barclays Bank, the UK's Information Commissioner’s Office said today.

Hundreds of workers could lose their jobs if the proposed merger between banking giant Barclays and ABN Amro goes ahead, it was reported today.

Banking giant Barclays is poised to reveal its intentions over a potential £80bn (€117bn) merger with Dutch bank ABN Amro amid reports today that the pair had entered exclusive talks over the deal.

BANKING giant Barclays is preparing to sell part of its Barclaycard credit card business in a bid to cut its exposure to bad debts, it was reported today.

Barclays said today it is shelling out £375m (€558m) on encouraging a greater number of millionaires to open accounts with the bank.

Banking giant Barclays today said that its “inspirational” chairman Matt Barrett will stand down at the end of the year to be replaced by Marcus Agius.

Heavyweights in the financial sector were providing the London market with momentum today as investors reacted favourably to the succession plans at HSBC.

British retail group Littlewoods is to cut up to 3,200 jobs after announcing plans today for the closure of 126 of its Index catalogue-based outlets.

Manchester United midfielder Bojan Djordjic has been handed the chance to win a move to Rangers.