Hays Travel will buy all of Thomas Cook’s British travel agent shops, potentially saving up to 2,500 jobs.

THE Irish-based Drumaville Consortium behind Sunderland has paid just over £20m (€21.5m) for its investment in the Premier League club, according to 2007 figures available from Jersey’s Financial Services Commission (FSC).

THE Irish consortium that owns Sunderland football club is in line a for a pay day of almost €90 million when the Black Cats are officially promoted to the Premiership on Sunday.

Niall Quinn’s consortium today confirmed they have reached an agreement on a £10m (€14.41m) cash offer for Sunderland.