A High Court judge has refused a bank's bid to halt an action by a woman alleging a bank manager obtained false income details to support a property investment loan application.

A businessman who bought and did up a Kildare hotel which later went into receivership has had summary judgment for €6.3m entered against him in the High Court.

Jim Nugent, who famously gave a “dig-out” to former taoiseach Bertie Ahern, has had the €1.3m D4 apartment at Haseldene, Ballsbridge, handed back to a bank.

Borrowers who are banking on a judicial Fifth Cavalry riding to the rescue may have to think again, if a recent decision of the new Court of Appeal is anything to go by.

The Football Association of Ireland has issued details of the Fifa €5m payoff, while its board maintains it acted at “all times in the best interests of Irish football, and in full compliance with Irish company law”.

An insurance company is refusing to pay out on a €250,000 mortgage protection policy because one of the deceased policy holders failed to disclose prior medical history, the High Court has heard.

Once described as the "poster boy for the worst excesses of the Celtic Tiger", fraudster businessman Breifne O’Brien has been jailed for seven years for running a Ponzi scheme that cost his victims millions of euro.

The Financial Services Ombudsman must reconsider a couple’s complaint that Danske Bank was not entitled to increase to 4% the variable interest rate on their mortgages at the same time the ECB interest rate was falling to almost zero, following a High Court ruling.

Fraudster businessman Breifne O’Brien has been jailed for seven years for running a Ponzi scheme which costs his victims millions.

Businessman Breifne O’Brien used money stolen from investors to pay for an extension to his house, a new car for his wife, and the stamp duty on new properties, in a multi-million euro Ponzi scheme, a court has heard.

Businessman Breifne O’Brien has pleaded guilty to multiple charges of multi-million euro theft and deception totalling over €10m between 2003 and 2008.

Nearly €550m was collected last year via company audits and compliance checks by the Revenue Commissioners — over 11% more than was the case in 2012.

The High Court has found “no reliable evidence” of any conspiracy behind the decision to terminate liquidated stockbroking firm Bloxham’s membership of the Irish Stock Exchange.

The creditors of liquidated stockbroking firm Bloxham could get 40% of what they are owed, rather than 10%, if the liquidator wins his challenge to the Irish Stock Exchange’s decision to revoke its membership, the High Court has heard.

Former solicitor Thomas Byrne has been jailed for 16 years with four suspended for stealing €52m from banks and defrauding 13 clients out of their houses or money.

Former solicitor Thomas Byrne has been convicted of stealing €52m from the banks and defrauding 13 clients out of their houses or money.

Former solicitor Thomas Byrne has been convicted of stealing €52m from the banks and defrauding 13 clients out of their houses or money.

Up to 400 jobs are being axed at an aircraft engine maintenance plant.

Danske Bank has today announced that it to wind down its personal and business banking services in Ireland.

Bank of Scotland has secured judgment of more than €7.5m against Jersey-based builder David Kennedy over personal guarantees of loans advanced to a number of building companies.

Most of the €200,000 stolen by a civil servant from the Department of Education has been paid back by his estate following a settlement after his death.

A Dublin landlord in contempt of court over a €7m debt to National Irish Bank has handed over his passport, having been briefly held under police supervision.

Jersey-based builder David Kennedy is being pursued at the Commercial Court for a further €7.5m by Bank of Scotland over guarantees of loans to building companies.

Development loans of €260m were advanced to a company on securities including a guarantee of one of its directors limited to €8m, the commercial court was told yesterday.

The Director of Corporate Enforcement has withdrawn his appeal against the High Court’s refusal to make a disqualification order against a former senior manager with National Irish Bank.

Two Irish property tycoons have been accused of cynically trying to abuse Britain’s bankruptcy regime by hiding property and transferring funds to their families and associates.

He may have come to public prominence when he stood for election with Brian Cowen in 2002, but since then Ger Killally’s name has frequently hit the headlines for judgments made against him over various financial dealings.

Danske Bank has expressed confidence in its ability to grow its re-branded offering in Ireland, after seeing its operations here cut first-quarter losses by 41% and impairment charges by 65%.

The Irish Stock Exchange has asked the Commercial Court to rule whether or not decisions made by it may be judicially reviewed.

Bloxham Stockbrokers in liquidation was yesterday given permission by the High Court to legally challenge a decision to revoke Bloxham’s membership of the Irish Stock Exchange.

The IFA has serious concerns that the quality of life in rural Ireland will be detrimentally impacted following the massive jobs culls at An Post and Eircom.

National Irish Bank made an operating loss of €8m for the first nine months of 2012 after taking an impairment charge of €1.33bn for the period.

National Irish Bank has reported a loss of €586m for the nine months to the end of September, down from a loss of €600m in the same period last year.

BETWEEN Apr and Jun 2011 — the first few months of the Government’s term — 1.82m people were employed, according to the CSO.

Permanent TSB is set to cover the costs for affected customers looking to get accurate personal credit rating reports after admitting that it had, in some cases, supplied wrong information to the Irish Credit Bureau (ICB).

There was roughly €500m available in invoice finance to SMEs that went unused over the second quarter of the year, according to the trade body the Asset Based Finance Association.

Without any fanfare, one of the country’s best-known journalists bowed out from his on-air career with RTÉ after almost 40 years with the station.

Despite an increase in loans to first-time buyers and mover-purchasers for the first time since 2006, an industry expert has predicted that 2012 could be the worst year for mortgage lending since 1971.

First-half losses at National Irish Bank remained largely unchanged — at €401m — this year, but its loan impairment charges fell by nearly €30m compared to the same period last year.

National Irish Bank has announced losses of €401m for the first half of the year.

National Irish Bank is reporting an operating loss, before impairment charges, of €10m in the first six months of the year.

THE most complex set of criminal investigations in the history of the State are reaching crunch time.