When rumours reached Bernard Arnault, the chief executive of luxury goods group LVMH, that an Irish state-run agency could seize control of developer David Daly’s three shops on London’s Bond St, he quicklyapproached him about a deal.

CLASSMATES of a young football star will line out today in a guard of honour for a final journey for “a good friend”.

A PROMISING GAA player who was just one month short of his 15th birthday has died in tragic circumstances in West Cork.