THE future of 2,800 jobs at Superquinn has been secured after its directors dropped a legal challenge to put the business into examinership.

MEMBERS of Superquinn’s board of directors have differed on whether it made a formal decision to apply for examinership shortly before a receiver was appointed to the supermarket chain.

A HIGH Court judge has refused an application to jail three directors of a company which operated the Brook Lodge Hotel in Aughrim, Co Wicklow.

THE five-star Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin made a pre-tax loss of €156 million in 2008 after the value of the property was written down by €155m.

THE company that operates the five-star Shelbourne hotel in Dublin last year recorded pre-tax losses of €2.89 million, new accounts show.

THE owners of Dublin’s Shelbourne Hotel are entitled to books and records held by a company that is managing the five-star venue, a High Court judge ruled yesterday.

HIGH COURT proceedings by the owners of Dublin’s Shelbourne Hotel, seeking books and records from a company that manages the landmark premises, may be “fast-tracked” to the court’s big business division, a judge has been told.

THE owners of the Shelbourne Hotel have been given permission by the High Court to seek an order compelling the company managing the landmark Dublin city centre hotel to allow them access to the hotel’s books and records.

SUPERQUINN has denied that it is up for sale, but has confirmed it has received expressions of interest from British retailers.

The mystery bidder for hotel chain Jurys Doyle does not have the support of families owning one-third of the company, it emerged today.

Brian O’Mahony, Chief Business Correspondent