A High Court judge has delivered a withering dismissal of “nonsense” claims that Charles Allen Sr made to a Georgian property signed into his mysterious trust.

Gardaí found a shotgun at the property where repossession action group leader Charlie Allen was arrested last Monday.

One of Killarney’s hey-day 1960s hotel success stories has come back up for sale after several bouts of redevelopment.

Over €300,000 in fees and expenses have been paid to the receiver of HMV Ireland since the Irish arm of the retail music giant went out of business eight months ago.

The Midleton Park Hotel, the only hotel in the East Cork town of 12,000 people, has been put up for sale for €2.5m.

A buyer has been found for the Dublin-based waste management business Greenstar eight months after the company entered receivership.

Greenstar,the largest waste management business in Ireland, is to be sold.

Almost 400 job losses were confirmed in two of the country’s largest retailers, HMV and B&Q, yesterday.

High rents as well as online competition have been blamed for the collapse of HMV in Ireland.

Dublin-headquartered renewable energy group, NTR has completed its exit from the international waste management industry, via the $180m (€131.4m) sale of its Greenstar US business.

As HMV staff await wages they have been promised, it has been reported that major media companies will offer support to any buyer willing to rescue the ailing retailer.

Staff in two branches of HMV in Limerick have said they will continue their sit-in until they are paid what they are owed.

Thousands of euro raised through a HMV-sold charity single to help a four-year-old in her battle to beat cancer could still be handed over — despite the retailer’s serious financial problems.

Staff in two Limerick branches of HMV began sit-ins last night, demanding written assurances that they will receive all their entitlements.

HMV's Irish division has been put into receivership.

The High Court has adjourned KBC Bank’s application to have Treasury Holdings and 15 related companies wound up.

The High Court has adjourned KBC Bank's application to have Treasury Holdings and 15 related companies wound up.

A number of parties are believed to have expressed interest in acquiring Greenstar — the largest waste management firm in the country which went into receivership last week.

Waste management firm Greenstar has vowed it will be business as usual for its 95,000 customers despite a receiver being appointed.

One of the country’s biggest waste companies has been put into receivership, it has been confirmed.

KBC Bank’s application to have Treasury Holdings and 15 related companies wound up has been adjourned to later this month.

More than 380 Waterford Crystal workers will benefit following the resolution of a dispute concerning a surplus of €1.28m held in a fund to cover disability benefits, the High Court heard today.

THE Hughes & Hughes brand is to be preserved with the reopening of five stores and plans for further expansion.

TWENTY thousand tonnes of hot air are up for grabs in Waterford, as the Green Party arrives in town today for its annual conference.

EASON has taken over the bookshop licences at Dublin and Cork airports, vacated last week by Hughes & Hughes going into receivership.

Nationwide bookselling chain Hughes & Hughes has gone into receivership today.

IRISH hockey’s unsung heroes are set to take centre stage at the ESB Irish Hockey Awards next month.

THE co-founder of the company which now owns troubled Waterford Wedgwood has described the Waterford factory as “a dinosaur manufacturing plant”.

HIGH-STREET retailer Principles and shoe store Shoe Studio Ireland have been put into liquidation with the potential total loss of more than 330 jobs.

Over 200 Irish retail jobs were lost today after a liquidator was appointed to the Irish subsidiary of fashion chain Principles.

It is not yet clear how many of the 600 jobs at Waterford Crystal will be saved after it was confirmed that the company has been sold to private US equity firm KPS Capital.

THERE is strong hope that some of the 480 staff let go by Waterford Wedgwood when the luxury tableware goods company went into receivership in January will be saved.

YESTERDAY’S shocking jobs figures — with unemployment up 70% in a year — dominated economic news but, thankfully, it was not all doom and gloom.

Receivers acting for Waterford Wedgwood today announced the sale of its Irish and UK businesses to a US equity fund.

Women's fashion chain Sasha is to be liquidated, it was announced today.

A GROUP of Waterford Crystal workers staged a protest at the Dublin offices of accountancy firm Deloitte for two hours yesterday to highlight their anger at the actions of Deloitte partner David Carson in his role as receiver of the troubled glassware firm.

Minor scuffles broke out today as a handful of current and former Waterford Crystal workers brought protests over the iconic firm’s threatened closure to Dublin.

Workers from Waterford Crystal have mounted a demonstration outside the Dublin offices of the receiver overseeing the company's business.

Angry workers at the threatened Waterford Crystal factory dug their heels in tonight with a bitter attack on critics as they vowed to continue a sit-in for a fourth night.

Hundreds of workers are set to spend a fourth day occupying the Waterford Crystal factory in the hope that a bid from a second US-based consortium could save hundreds of jobs.

Union officials will hold a meeting with their members today as scores of workers continue to occupy the Waterford Crystal factory after talks on the future of the plant ended without resolution.

The receiver at Waterford Crystal has told union representatives that he had no option but to cease manufacturing because the money he borrowed to continue operations has been spent.

A crisis meeting on the future of Waterford Crystal takes place in Dublin today as 100 angry workers continue to occupy the plant.

WORKERS at the Waterford Crystal Kilbarry plant, which ceased production at lunchtime yesterday, vented their frustrations by storming the Gallery Kilbarry plant shortly after 3pm.