A PROVISIONAL liquidator has been appointed by the High Court to Dublin’s Morrison Hotel after one of its owners, Hugh O’Regan, withdrew the hotel operating company’s defence to a claim by an Anglo Irish Bank appointed receiver for €5.7 million unpaid rent.

A provisional liquidator has been appointed to Dublin's Morrison Hotel.

ALL 34 stores in The Bag Shop chain have ceased trading with the loss of 135 jobs after the company went into liquidation.