The mysterious Rodolphus Allen trust has not explained the magical tactic it believes will defeat the banks. But it has left some clues about its long-shot strategy.

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.

Teagasc workers were treated to foreign junkets, nights at the greyhounds and horse racing meetings from a fund that should have been ploughed back into the semi-state agency.

RARE RANSOM earned a tilt at the Boylesports Irish 1,000 Guineas on Sunday week when making all to land the Gowran Park Rooftop Restaurant Race at Gowran Park.