A fund has taken proceedings over alleged €3.31m arrears of rent under a lease for offices at Harcourt Street in Dublin.

Four Limerick-based students are to be allowed back into the house they have been renting following a ruling by a High Court judge.

The spend by the Central Bank on third-party legal services last year increased by 23% to €3.2m, or a weekly average spend of €61,538.

A FIRM of solicitors retained by a bank to act for it concerning substantial loans to property developer John Kelly and struck-off solicitor Thomas Byrne is being sued for €23 million over an alleged failure to ensure the bank had proper security related to those loans.