U2 frontman Bono and singer Paul Simon said Seamus Heaney should be an inspiration to people on their travels as a tapestry dedicated to the late poet was unveiled yesterday.

Sean Dunne is anxious for a speedy hearing of his appeal against a decision permitting a dual bankruptcy process concerning him to proceed here and in the US.

A building company has sued Irish Asphalt Limited (IAL) for loss and damage for alleged deceit over putting on the market an in-fill product when it allegedly knew it was “not fit for purpose” and contained excessive amounts of reactive pyrite.

Developer Sean Dunne strongly disputes claims there was a secret panel in a bookshelf wall of a K-Club house where valuable artwork may have been stored before the property was searched by the official dealing with his bankruptcy, the High Court has heard.

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for implementation of a survival scheme for key companies of construction giant SIAC after dismissing a last-minute challenge by the Polish Roads Authority to the scheme.

A last-minute challenge to court approval for a survival scheme for key companies in construction giant SIAC has placed the companies and the jobs of 219 employees “in peril”, the Supreme Court was told yesterday.

Bankrupt developer Seán Dunne “cannot currently conceive” of any circumstances where he would return to Ireland and instead hopes to work in the US “into his 70s”, he told the High Court.

BANKRUPT businessman Seán Quinn, his son Seán, and nephew Peter have been given three weeks by a High Court judge to comply with orders aimed at reversing a “conspiracy” to move assets in the Quinn international property group beyond the reach of the former Anglo Irish Bank.

Bankrupt ex-billionaire Sean Quinn, his son Sean and nephew Peter Darragh Quinn have avoided jail for contempt of court after hiding a €500m property portfolio from the former Anglo-Irish Bank.

Lawyers for IBRC have asked the High Court to impose a raft of coercive orders against Sean Quinn to rectify his "blatant" contempt of court.

Bankrupt businessman Sean Quinn and family members under interim freezing orders protecting assets in the Quinn property group have been granted €2,000 each in living expenses until next week.

A development company says it is €40 million in the red because the State did not honour an agreement to give it a building used as a Garda station, the Commercial Court has heard.

Bono is to present Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi with Amnesty International’s top honour when she visits Dublin next month as part of her first international tour in 24 years.

Bono will join fellow aid campaigner Bob Geldof in a special tribute event to honour Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Dublin this month.

Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is set to visit Ireland next month to receive a prestigious human rights honour.

Businessman Sean Quinn himself caused the destruction of the Quinn family companies and wealth as a result of investing in Anglo Irish Bank shares on the stock market which later fell in price, it was claimed in the High Court yesterday.

An action for damages by a man who claims he was assaulted by US actor Woody Harrelson in a Dublin city centre nightclub may not now go ahead.

The length of time being taken on the Anglo Irish Bank investigation is deeply worrying. It is to be hoped that everything is being prepared properly to ensure that any prosecutions are warranted and, given the cost involved in the three-year investigation, then successful.

THE wife of bankrupt businessman Sean Quinn is making “incredible” claims she does not have to repay a €3 million bank loan because she is a homemaker unduly influenced by her husband and regularly signed documents he put in front of her without reading them, the Commercial Court was told yesterday.

HIGH Court judge Mr Justice Frank Clarke is to give judgment on Tuesday on whether or not to grant further orders restraining members of Sean Quinn’s family from making changes to their international businesses.

Mr Justice Frank Clarke is to give judgment on Tuesday next at 2pm on whether or not to grant further orders restraining members of Sean Quinn’s family from making changes to their international businesses.

MEMBERS of Sean Quinn’s family and Quinn Investments Sweden were accused in the High Court yesterday of involvement in a sinister conspiracy to put assets in Ukraine, Russia, Sweden, India and Cyprus beyond the reach of Anglo Irish Bank.

A HIGH Court judge has indicated he hopes to proceed with a hearing next week of Anglo Irish Bank’s bid for injunctions to prevent businessman Sean Quinn and his family transferring assets from Swedish companies holding the family’s properties in several foreign countries.

ANGLO Irish Bank’s bid for injunctions to prevent businessman Sean Quinn and his family transferring assets from Swedish companies that hold the family’s properties in several countries has been provisionally listed for hearing later this month.

A LOUTH businessman who took a libel action against his former employers after an incident in which he sleepwalked naked has been awarded €10 million in damages, the highest libel award in the history of the state.

AN EXECUTIVE who sleepwalked naked into a female colleague’s bedroom could have dealt with the matter privately by simply agreeing to resign from a post which involved him working on a one-to-one basis with her, the High Court was told yesterday.

THE surprise appointment of Michael McDowell to represent the Moriarty Tribunal at its public hearings is due to be challenged at the High Court later today.

ALLIED IRISH BANKS is seeking €26 million from Cork businessman and developer John Fleming, on loans used to buy into a US energy company.

TWO dentists have started High Court proceedings aimed at preventing the HSE from implementing changes to the scheme which allows medical cardholders avail of dental treatments free of charge.

Two dentists have commenced High Court proceedings aimed at preventing the HSE from implementing changes to the scheme which allows medical card holders avail of dental treatments free of charge.

DCC did not breach company law or indulge in insider trading when it sold its stake in fruit importer, Fyffes, 10 years ago, the long-running independent investigation into the matter has found.

THE taxpayer could well be stuck with the €1.4 million bill from the just completed High Court investigation into the alleged DCC/Fyffes insider trading case.

The Director of Corporate Enforcement will not be taking any further action arising from a report by a High Court inspector into allegations of insider trading by former DCC boss Jim Flavin.

THE save Zoe saga goes on after the Supreme Court granted a further stay of execution for another 10 days at least.

ACC bank has today urged the High Court to reject an application made on behalf of companies in the Liam Carroll-controlled Zoe group to be placed into examinership.

THE inspector investigating unlawful insider dealing by DCC and its former chief executive Jim Flavin relating to the sale of the DCC stake in Fyffes will present his final report in December.

A group of lawyers advocating a 'Yes' vote in the second Lisbon Treaty referendum say they are embarrassed for not playing their part in the campaign the last time round.

IRISH Nationwide Building Society has secured a €78 million summary judgment order against Aifca, a company controlled by property developer Liam Carroll, over unpaid loans.

THE HIGH Court will be asked on Monday to make orders for the winding up of four of the 14 companies in the Thomas Read group on the grounds they have no reasonable prospect of survival.

U2’S the Edge was on hand to announce details of a unique Amnesty International 47 countries, 1,000 concerts event to highlight human rights and environmental issues.

ONE Fifty One plc and five former senior managers of Mr Binman Ltd, a large Midlands waste company, have all undertaken before the High Court not to use confidential information about Mr Binman’s business which was allegedly wrongly downloaded by one of the managers.

PHARMACISTS fear they will go out of business if the Health Service Executive presses ahead in cutting the wholesale mark-up on drugs dispensed under the medical card scheme next month.

LEADING bookie Ivan Yates has said punters can expect lower betting costs “in due course” following the “fair and amicable” settlement of a multi-million euro dispute between 59 Irish bookmakers and the British Horseracing Board (BHB).

THE consortium beaten to the country's second mobile phone licence will proceed with a multi-million euro civil action against the State irrespective of the Moriarty Tribunal's findings, said Persona chairman Tony Boyle.