David Drumm was accused of engaging in "classic fraudulent transfers" during the first day of his bank-ruptcy trial in Boston yesterday.

The lawyer for the state-owned Irish Bank Resolution Corporation threw the kitchen sink and $300,000 (€220,000) worth of other furniture at David Drumm yesterday in Boston.

ALTHOUGH he probably knows the great Kerry links better than every other player in the field, Denis O’Sullivan makes his first competitive appearance at Ballybunion since 1991 when he takes part in the AIB Irish Seniors Open which begins this morning.

Flash flooding will continue throughout the week as more bands of wet weather sweep across Britain, the Environment Agency warned today.

ELECTRONIC payments company Alphyra has appointed John Hutchinson as its new business development director for Britain.