The former publisher of The Dubliner magazine and food critic, Trevor White, has resolved a High Court dispute with a financial fund which will allow him to keep his family home.

The financial problems for a Dublin city centre club and restaurant stemmed from its directors acquiring a company that had extensive debts, of which they were unaware, a judge stated yesterday.

Fossett Brothers Circus, which failed to pay Vat for eight years, was facing an uphill struggle to survive, a judge said yesterday.