The High Court has made a order winding up a well known West of Ireland Hotel after being informed that it had failed to satisfy a debt owed to Revenue of more than €500,000.

Eleven jobs at a archaeological and historical consultation service provider have been preserved after the High Court gave its' approval to a scheme of arrangement with the firm's creditors.

The High Court has today dismissed an action brought by the owner of Cork City FC aimed at overturning an FAI decision to suspend him for 12 months from football activities for bringing the game into disrepute.

An FAI Disciplinary Committee's finding that the owner and Chairman of Cork City FC has brought the game into disrepute "has threatened and disrupted the financial viability and future stability of the League of Ireland club," the High Court heard today.