Investigators tracking down the assets of the suspected pyramid scheme, Banners Broker, have successfully moved to Canada in a bid to recover money for investors in the internet marketing product.

One of the liquidators appointed to the controversial investment company Banners Broker International has said that creditors will get an opportunity to register their claim to the company’s frozen cash pile.

With just $6m apparently available for creditors and the many Irish investors seeking the return of their investment, the affairs of liquidated Banners Broker promise to be messy despite assurances from some at the top, writes Investigative Correspondent Conor Ryan

The head of the suspected pyramid scheme Banners Broker has tried to reassure worried investors that there is still money in the company and that it has moved operations to the Central American country Belize.

Thousands of Irish investors have been left counting the cost after the company behind Banners Broker, a suspected online pyramid scheme, was wound up owing millions.

We were allegedly responsible for the bust. Are we now to be deemed responsible for the floods as well? Flooding at local level has been with us for a very long time. Every year certain areas are guaranteed to flood and do so, on cue.

An angry businessman whose village has been affected by flooding in England that has devastated the Somerset Levels said he was “bloody mad” that Lord Smith had refused to apologise to him personally.

Unoccupied houses in a Co Monaghan estate have been put on the market with an asking price from just €30,000.

LAST year people sniffing around the potential of a burgeoning online company were explicitly told “every single person who joins Banners Broker makes money”.

An online ‘get rich quick’ business that promised investors guaranteed returns has pulled out of Ireland, leaving thousands of people battling to recoup their money from an address in Belize in Central America.

Kris Kross rapper Chris Kelly's death has been officially ruled a drug overdose.

Kriss Kross rapper Chris Kelly has died aged 34.

The investment vehicle Banners Broker has told its 15,000 subscribers that Mastercard has withdrawn its services because it no longer wants to be associated with the company.

Land in Ireland once earmarked for homes and offices is being sold at knockdown prices to farmers, sometimes the same farmers who made fortunes selling it in the boom years, as swathes of the country return to its agricultural roots.

Banners Broker says it is not a pyramid scheme. So what is it, Investigative correspondent Conor Ryan asks

Matthew McConaughey has a well-deserved reputation for being a beefcake who likes to take his shirt off in front of a camera, but his role as Killer Joe (18s) suggests that he has much more to offer than pecs appeal.

A strong showing immediately before and after half-time was key for Aghabullogue as they earned a place in the last 16 of the Cork County IFC at the expense of Cloyne at Páirc Uí Rinn last night.

After that opening round Newtownshandrum heartbreaker a few short weeks ago, Killeagh were in no mood to squander a second Cork SHC chance in Castlemartyr on Saturday.

Dundee United 3 Dunfermline 0

A syndicate of British bus drivers who won a “life-changing” £38m (€45.6m) EuroMillions jackpot have spoken of their joy – and revealed that they had been facing cuts in their working hours.

Charlie Mulgrew celebrated his first Scotland call-up with a wonderful strike against Dunfermline at Parkhead which last night helped take Celtic 20 points clear of Rangers at the top of the Clydesdale Bank Premier League.

Celtic 2 Dunfermline 0

THE last four of the Cork SHC will have a novel appearance this season as Carrigtwohill bridged a 58-year gap since they last featured at that stage after they claimed the spoils against Cloyne in an enthralling quarter-final tie in Páirc Uí Chaoimh yesterday.

BALLYDESMOND had only themselves to blame for defeat in this uninspiring IFC quarter-final at Mallow.

Rangers 7 Dunfermline 2

OBJECTIONS against a €60 million investment on Cork city’s northside, at the old Sunbeam Wolsey site, have been rejected by An Bord Pleanála, clearing the way for a development which can cater for up to 3,000 jobs.

DREAMS are grist to the mill at this profile Kilkenny property — one that has caught the eye of passers by for almost 220 years.

After years in the game’s wilderness, David Duval is eyeing the future with a new zest, both on and off the golf course, writes PJ Browne, in New York

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Celtic 7 St Mirren 0

A small plane apparently low on fuel hit a power line and crashed into a wooded area near a West Virginia, USA, airport killing all six people aboard, authorities said today.

England Under-20 star Joe Simpson has been nominated for the International Rugby Board’s young player of the year award.

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St Mirren 0 Rangers 1

Celtic manager Gordon Strachan will give Craig Beattie a start in attack alongside Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink for the home Bank of Scotland Premier League clash with St Mirren today.

MERRY MONK BALLINA put the finishing touches to what has been a good first half season with a 94-80 victory over troubled UCD Marian on Saturday night and this keeps them alongside HOOPS at the top of the table.

THE first cross-conference weekend in the NIVEA for Men SuperLeague season was disastrous for the teams from the South, who will be hoping to pick up the pieces when their paths cross again this weekend.

UCC DEMONS are gearing up for a double dose of Kerry this weekend, as they entertain Superleague rivals Abrakababra Tigers (Tralee) tonight and then travel to Killarney to face Mustang Sally’s tomorrow.

With thousands of people gathered in Central Park to protest against the violence in the war-torn Darfur region of Sudan, one speaker likened the destruction there to the Holocaust.

Celtic 2 St Mirren 0

Celtic 1 St Mirren 0

Corey Pavin’s lead was cut to two shots when the US Bank Championship resumed at Brown Deer Park in Milwaukee today.