Amid conflicting reports about their whereabouts, the two Limerick children at the centre of a bitter custody battle in North Carolina were last night believed to have been on their way to Ireland.

The wife and children of businessman Philip Lynch are entitled to a further hearing to determine whether AIB is entitled to €26m judgment orders against them over an unpaid development loan, the Supreme Court has ruled.

The Supreme Court has described as “understated” a finding that businessman Philip Lynch gave “hopelessly confused and unreliable” evidence concerning the circumstances leading to a €25m loan being issued to buy development lands in Waterford.

The family which has owned a popular city pub for more than a century has built a micro-brewery in the basement and launched a range of craft beers and stouts.

THE Commercial Court will rule next month whether businessman Philip Lynch and his family have any liability to Allied Irish Banks for a €25 million loan issued to them to buy development lands in Co Waterford.

A WOMAN who claims one of her sons was shot by his girlfriend’s father, agreed in court that her three sons had a history of criminal violence.

THE Commercial Court has reserved judgment on the action by businessman Philip Lynch and his family aimed at preventing Allied Irish Banks pursuing them for repayment of a €25 million loan to buy development lands in Waterford.

ASKING the Commercial Court to accept claims by businessman Philip Lynch and his family that they would have walked away from a land deal had they believed they could be pursued individually for the €25 million loan involved “a very big ask,” a judge was told yesterday.

EVIDENCE has concluded in the long-running action by businessman Philip Lynch and his family aimed at preventing Allied Irish Banks pursuing them for repayment of a €25 million loan issued to them and developer Gerry Conlan to buy development lands in Waterford.

THE personal assistant to businessman Philip Lynch asked a solicitor, just hours before a €25 million loan was signed by the Lynch family, whether the final terms of that loan meant AIB would have recourse only to lands for repayment, a court has heard.

EMAILS sent by solicitors with the LK Shields law firm to the family of businessman Philip Lynch just hours before they signed up to a €25 million loan to buy development lands with developer Gerry Conlan stated Allied Irish Bank only wanted recourse to the land, not the family, the Commercial Court has heard.

A SOLICITOR has told the Commercial Court the final terms of a €25 million loan issued by Allied Irish Banks to buy development lands in Waterford gave the bank full recourse to businessman Philip Lynch and his family for repayment of that sum.

AIB has told the Commercial Court it is not contending that businessman Philip Lynch and his family are liable for all of the AIB debts of developer Gerry Conlan arising from a mortgage related to a €25 million land deal in Waterford.

AN action by One51 investment group chief executive Philip Lynch and his family aimed at preventing AIB pursuing them over a €25 million loan to buy development lands has been adjourned to next week.

WELL-KNOWN businessman Philip Lynch, his wife Eileen and their four children are suing AIB and two firms of solicitors in a bid to stop the bank pursuing them individually over unpaid loans of €25.3 million advanced to buy lands in Waterford for development.

A witness in the trial for murder of two Cork men has denied he is not telling the truth due to pressure from the family of one of the accused.

POLITICAL ecumenism reigns in the sale of the Dublin home of the former Taoiseach, the late Jack Lynch.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern yesterday led the tributes to the late Jack Lynch's widow, Máirín, who died on Tuesday night.