The Minister for Finance, Pascal Donohoe has emphatically ruled out suspending the work of NAMA pending the final report of the investigation into the sale of NAMA’s Northern Ireland loan portfolio.

A leading mortgage debt advocate at the Free Legal Advice Centres, Flac, has called for a new focus on the link between the housing crisis and the sale of distressed landlord loans to vulture funds.

AIB is to sell €1bn worth of non-performing loans toto Everyday Finance, an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management.

Ulster Bank is to sell 5,200 non-performing mortgages to affiliates of so-called vulture fund Cerberus for €1.4 billion.

KBC Ireland said it can remain aloof from other banks selling off loan books for the time being, saying it had reduced its substantial amount of non-performing loans (NPLs) by €1.3bn in the past year by working through its books.

Homeowners in a development which is now being patrolled by fire marshals have been told that they must come up with €400,000 in the next few weeks or “the fire officer may go the next step” towards having the development evacuated.

Homeowners in a development which is now being patrolled by fire marshals have been told that they must come up with €400,000 in the next few weeks or “the fire officer may go the next step” towards having the development evacuated.

Shares in Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank surged after it emerged that private-equity firm Cerberus is a top shareholder at Germany’s two biggest banks, Steven Arons, Sarah Syed and Aaron Kirchfeld report.

A High Court judge has disqualified Independent TD Mick Wallace from involvement in companies for six years arising from his stewardship of the affairs of his construction company, M.J. Wallace.

The so-called bad bank set up to clear toxic property loans from five banks is to wipe out its €30 billion debt three years ahead of schedule.

A High Court judge has ruled certain documents sought by TD Mick Wallace and his son, Sasha, to defend a fund’s application for disqualification orders against them under the Companies Act are either unnecessary or irrelevant.

An interim report on Nama's Project Eagle has been submitted to the Taoiseach.

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

Project Eagle is facing an inquiry on whether the right strategy was used by Nama to sell the portfolio and if the finance minister acted correctly.

In the wake of this latest debacle, Noonan stands a wounded figure within Fine Gael and Government with Cabinet colleagues openly admitting his influence is waning, writes Political Editor Daniel McConnel.

Enda Kenny has rejected any suggestion Michael Noonan should quit over his involvement in Project Eagle.

Finance Minister Michael Noonan is under pressure to explain why he met with US vulture fund officials over Project Eagle, a €1.6bn state property sale which a report says was “seriously deficient”.

The biggest property deal in the North's history was "seriously deficient", the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said.

Finance Minister Michael Noonan has been accused of attempting to “influence or muzzle” a Public Accounts Committee investigation into the Project Eagle controversy after demanding negative findings against him are removed.

Finance Minister Michael Noonan’s meeting with US firm Cerberus just days before the Project Eagle Nama deal was “not appropriate” and implied “special treatment” was being given at the taxpayers’ expense.

There have been calls for government intervention over fears that a growing number of farms could come under threat of repossession due to the loans linked to them being bought by so-called vulture funds.

The bosses of Nama have insisted there was no boardroom row over the controversial €1.6bn Project Eagle deal.

Northern Finance Minister Máirtín Ó Muilleoir has said Northern Ireland’s entire political system has been corrupted by the £1.24bn Project Eagle property sale.

The winner of the controversial multi-billion euro Project Eagle Nama deal paid two firms heavily involved in a previous bid stg£15m for help "accessing" Finance Minister Michael Noonan and "the Northern Ireland executive".

Northern Ireland deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has insisted he had “no involvement” in the appointment of businessman Frank Cushnahan to a Nama advisory group linked to Project Eagle.

Nama has been accused by US investment firm Pimco of “repeatedly mischaracterising” its role in the controversial sale of its Northern Ireland loan book.

Nama has denied that some potential investors were discouraged from participating in the controversial £1.3bn (€1.6bn) sale of its Northern Ireland loan book, known as Project Eagle, writes Daniel McConnell of the Irish Examiner.

A senior Nama director has dismissed as "simply wrong" claims that Nama lost up to €210m in its controversial sale of a massive Northern Ireland property portfolio.

Forget diamonds or dogs. When it comes to politics, semantics are a person’s best friend.

Finance Minister Michael Noonan has insisted there was no political pressure from Stormont over the controversial sale of Project Eagle.