A TOP Limerick law firm has settled a huge legal bill with a semi-state company.

THE troubled Shannon Foynes Port Company (SFPC), which will have to pay out hundreds of thousands of euro in damages and costs arising from a recent High Court settlement now faces another court battle.

AN IMPORTANT report pointing the way forward for Limerick docks will be published later this month.

A STATE company that manages shipping and ports in the Shannon Estuary is allegedly refusing to pay a €1 million-plus legal bill submitted by a Limerick law firm for the handling of an internal dispute.

THE Department of Transport has turned down a Freedom of Information request to disclose the legal costs incurred by Shannon Foynes Port Company (SFPC) in its High Court settlement last October with former chief executive Brian Byrne.

SHANNON Foynes Port Company (SFPC) are at an advanced stage in talks with their suspended chief executive Brian Byrne on a settlement deal, it emerged last night.

FIANNA Fáil elected members have appealed to a colleague to remain as their leader within Limerick County Council after a “stormy” emergency meeting.

THE working group set up by the troubled Shannon Foynes Port Company (SPFC) has commenced its deliberations on the future of the 44-acre docklands and a further 36 acres of adjoining property.

AN executive received full pay for up to five years from the troubled State-owned Shannon Foynes Port Company (SFPC) without having to turn up for work.

THE Limerick Docklands Initiative (LDI), which involves a master plan for the future development of 44 acres at the city’s port, was back on track last night.

A TAPE containing a secretly recorded business conversation has been handed over to Shannon Foynes Company (SFPC) as part of a probe into allegations made against the company.

THE investigation underway at the Shannon Foynes Port Company (SFPC) involves a number of verbal allegations made to the board of the company.

AFTER a “frank” exchange of views on the proposed sale of Limerick docks, an emergency meeting of Shannon Foynes Port Company (SFPC) has agreed to hold more inclusive talks with port users and Limerick City Council.

ANGRY exchanges flared at an emergency meeting of the Shannon Foynes Port Committee (SFPC) yesterday over the proposed sale of Limerick docks for commercial development.

THE chairman of the Limerick Port Users (LPU), yesterday appealed to the Shannon Foynes Port Company (SFPC) to immediately halt the sale process of Limerick docks.

MEMBERS of Limerick City Council threatened yesterday to block plans to turn Limerick docks into a major retail and commercial centre.

PORT users in Limerick yesterday ratcheted up their campaign to fight a sell-off by Shannon Foynes Port Company (SFPC) of Limerick’s docklands to property developers.

PORT users in Limerick yesterday ratcheted up their campaign to fight a sell-off by Shannon Foynes Port Company (SFPC) of Limerick’s docklands to property developers.

SHANNON Foynes Port Company (SFPC) confirmed last night that it had put in train an internal investigation process after unspecified allegations were made to the board.

SHANNON Foynes Port Company (SFPC) could sell land for development at Limerick port and still retain the facility as a working dock, it was claimed at yesterday’s meeting of Limerick City Council.

A €100M strategic overhaul of shipping facilities on the Shannon Estuary may be funded by the sale of Limerick port for development as a major residential and recreational area.