A price of €3m paid by developer John Kelly for 18 acres at Oylgate, Co Wexford, which included “a mixture of forestry and flooding” was “mad”, KBC Bank, which advanced several loans to the developer, argued before the Commercial Court.

MORE than half of all the major websites selling electronic goods across Europe are breaking EU consumer law, including over a third of Irish sites, a European Commission survey has found.

The Ombudsman for Children, Emily Logan, is expected to resume inquiries into the HSE's handling of the child protection audit of Catholic Church Dioceses.

THE Health Service Executive (HSE) has been warned it faces a legal minefield if it intervenes in the employment of a person accused of child or elder abuse.

An Irish solicitor has been awarded an MBE from the Queen of England for her work in the Special Olympics.