Bank-appointed receivers have regained possession of the farm belonging to former winners of RTÉ’s Ireland’s Fittest Family entertainment programme, the High Court heard yesterday.

An application by the Central Bank to halt legal actions brought by businessman Jerry Beades against it, the European Central Bank, several European financial institutions and others, will be heard later this year.

Injunctions against businessman Jerry Beades and his New Land League group, which has been protesting over the sale of cattle belonging to a Cork farmer have been enlarged by the High Court.

The High Court will decide today if it is to extend an injunction preventing anyone disrupting an auction of cattle belonging to a Cork family of dairy farmers who were winners of Ireland’s Fittest Family programme on RTÉ.

A High Court action brought over the auction of cattle belonging to a Co Cork family has been adjourned.

A TD has called on banks and the Cork County Sheriff to give the farming family at the centre of a forced cattle sale process time to save their livelihood.

A farmer in Co Cork has said the auction of his herd of cattle yesterday was like seeing "your life burnt in front of you" and fears his son will move to New Zealand instead of staying at the farm.

A farmer broke down as he tried to explain the emotional effects of seeing his 1,000 cattle sold off.

An injunction has been granted by the High Court preventing anyone from interfering with the auction of 1,000 cattle belonging to Cork dairy farmers who were winners of RTÉ’s Ireland’s Fittest Family programme.

A former president of NUI Galway has been accused of “inappropriately” supporting Aer Arann boss Pádraig Ó Céidigh in the Seanad elections by a leading member of the college’s governing authority.

The strain of losing their homes is driving growing numbers of people into a “suicidal crisis”, a suicide support group has said.

Just as the fanfare from the official commemorations for the Easter Rising 100 years ago was fading, nearby another event was getting under way: a protest highlighting the plight of homeless people.

Padraig MacLochlainn, Jerry Buttimer, and Michael McNamara are among the failed Dáil candidates putting their names forward for the Seanad. 

Although the outcome of the general election has yet to be decided with counts beginning today, another group are now looking to a different election.

The State is to contest a Supreme Court challenge taken by businessman and anti-eviction activist Jerry Beades to the appointment of Justice Peter Kelly as president of the High Court.

Judge Peter Kelly’s formal appointment as president of the High Court will go ahead on Monday, despite a High Court challenge being lodged in objection to it.

Developer and New Land League campaigner Jerry Beades has launched a legal challenge against the Government’s nomination of Justice Peter Kelly as the next president of the High Court.

Seanad hopeful Máiría Cahill has contacted Government members of the Seanad to quell fears over recent controversy surrounding her past and to say she has always sought to “rise above these claims”.

These bank AGMs have turned out some right fun in recent years. It’s an opportunity for the little people to have a go at the shower of bankers who dragged the economy over the abyss, yet managed to save themselves.

Solicitor Brian O’Donnell and his wife have been granted an extension until 2pm next Thursday by the Court of Appeal to challenge a High Court direction ordering them to vacate a property on Gorse Hill.

Solicitor Brian O’Donnell has asked the Court of Appeal if he and his wife should “continue to pack up” their belongings pending an early morning appeal of a High Court order to vacate their property at 5pm today.

IS Paul Howard an evil genius who manufactured the siege of Vico Road for his own ends? Howard is the prolific author of the Ross O’Carroll Kelly columns and novels.

Solicitor Brian O’Donnell claims he and his wife have paid €700m to banks worldwide but Bank of Ireland is the only one to have “persecuted us for five years”.

Last night’s episode of Tonight with Vincent Browne descended into madness as Browne and guest Jerry Beades from the Land League butted heads.

A solicitor was ordered by a judge to phone his father to tell him to leave his mansion on one of Ireland’s most exclusive addresses.

A solicitor turned billion euro property investor is facing eviction from a mansion on one of Ireland’s most exclusive addresses after a judge refused a last minute plea from his family to halt a repossession.

More than €25m of property was sold at the latest large-scale public auction held by Allsop Space in Dublin yesterday. A total of 131 lots out of more than 180 properties for sale went under the hammer for a combined total of €25.61m.

Hundreds of distressed borrowers — including businessman Bill Cullen — have ploughed their assets into a single private trust in a bid to prevent lenders repossessing their properties.

A group of vocal protesters campaigning against banks and house repossessions has forced the cancellation of a large-scale property auction in Dublin.

FORMER taoiseach Bertie Ahern’s ambitions of becoming president have been torpedoed by a cross-society attack on his legacy and his ambitions.

BERTIE AHERN and Éamon de Valera share one incredible accomplishment — winning three successive elections for Fianna Fáil.

MINISTER Mary Hanafin has said she would run against her cabinet colleague Micheál Martin in a battle to lead Fianna Fáil.

FIANNA FÁIL National Executive member Jerry Beades was told by a judge yesterday he should “face the reality” that he owes €1.5m to a bank in relation to properties owned by a company he controlled.

A bank appointed receiver is seeking orders for possession of premises belonging to a company controlled by businessman and Fianna Fail National Executive member Jerry Beades, the High Court heard today.

BRIAN COWEN’S denial he gave a radio interview while drunk provoked worldwide attention last night and raised questions over his leadership.

THERE were “no grumblings in Galway” over Taoiseach Brian Cowen’s leadership after the controversy resulting from his Morning Ireland radio interview vexed backbenchers but failed to re-ignite desire for a heave against him.

AN EXPLOSIVE row at the heart of Fianna Fáil turned ugly last night as Transport Minister Noel Dempsey was embroiled in a bitter war of words with a member of the party’s top brass.

A Fianna Fáil activist involved in a high-profile row with the Transport Minister Noel Dempsey has published documents, which he says show the Minister failed to investigate complaints of serious planning irregularities when he was at the Department of the Environment.

Eamon Gilmore says the latest row within Fianna Fáil shows the Government is "clapped out".

The Transport Minister Noel Dempsey has hit back at a Fianna Fáil official who called for him and five other members of the Cabinet to be sacked.

FIANNA FÁIL TDs do not expect the Taoiseach to carry out a wide-scale or radical cabinet reshuffle when he fills the ministerial position left vacant with the resignation of Willie O’Dea.