Political activist Ben Gilroy is one of three people facing the prospect of imprisonment for breaching court orders by allegedly trespassing and occupying a Co Kildare stud farm.

Packed into a foyer and a small bar at a country hotel in Wicklow, dozens of debtors came to sign away properties they have been fighting desperately to keep out of the clutches of the banks.

A public officer who was used by a controversial property trust to formally witness hundreds of property transactions has cut his ties with the group.

Placards citing ancient Brehon Laws were at the vangard of a sizeable protest by a mysterious trust that ousted receivers at a Kildare stud farm.

A trust set up to help “middle Ireland fight back” and which is estimated to control €2bn in assets and have almost 2,000 members last night prevented gardaí and receivers from entering a farm in Co Kildare.

A politician who met the promoter of a private trust — which has recently accepted hundreds of properties from distressed borrowers — believes its bid to thwart lenders is a scam.

A MAN whose father was one of the main movers behind the first Swansea-Cork ferry link is hoping to resurrect the service and use its former name, the B&I (British & Irish) Line.

IRISH racing hit a new low at Tramore yesterday when the first afternoon of the annual Festival had to be abandoned after the third race.