Irish Bank Resolution Corporation wants to use a US-style form of technically assisted discovery to analyse the relevance of almost 1.75m documents for its action alleging members of the Quinn family conspired to put valuable assets beyond its reach.

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A daughter of jailed bankrupt businessman Seán Quinn has described the former Anglo Irish Bank as “my greatest enemy of all time”.

THERE are no special care beds for vulnerable young people, the HSE has said, including for a potentially suicidal 16-year-old girl.

SIX professors of paediatrics opposed to the selection of the Mater Hospital as the site for a new national children’s hospital have publicly challenged the right of their representative body to say it endorses the project.

FORMER Anglo Irish Bank chief David Drumm is likely to retain his €250,000 annual pension and a €500,000 share in his Cape Cod home on foot of filing for voluntary bankruptcy in the US.

ANGLO Irish Bank has rejected proposals from former CEO David Drumm aimed at settling its action against him over unpaid loans of more than €8 million, the Commercial Court heard yesterday.

AN arrangement between Anglo Irish Bank and the Director of Corporate Enforcement means certain materials seized for the director’s investigation into the bank, including emails related to directors’ loans, may be used by the DPP when preparing any prosecutions arising from the investigation.

THE process of taking witness statements is continuing in the joint investigation by Garda fraud officers and the Director of Corporate Enforcement into the affairs of Anglo Irish Bank, the High Court heard yesterday, when asked to extend orders relating to the retention of material seized from the bank.

A 14-year-old boy, who sexually assaulted two women and in another incident held a knife to a pregnant woman’s stomach, has received suspended sentences at the Dublin Children’s Court.

A SCHOLARLY tome tracing the history of Irish surgery in the 20th century was launched at University College Cork last night.

A PATIENT at the Central Mental Hospital died from injuries incurred while he was being restrained by staff during his transfer from one part of the facility to another, an inquest has heard.

The first Irish tax firm solely dedicated to submitting tax returns in foreign jurisdictions for Irish individuals with properties abroad was launched today.

THE consistent decline in tuberculosis (TB) rates in Ireland over the past 50 years may be somewhat reversed by the increase of immigration into Ireland, leading experts in the area said yesterday.

A mentally ill teenager was further remanded in custody today pending efforts by the Health Service Executive to ascertain what suitable support services could be given to his parents.

THE shambles of care for children in crisis was exposed yesterday when a seriously-neglected, brain-damaged boy was put behind bars because there is no specialist unit in the country to meet his needs.