The families of two children who lost their cases over tax rebates for cars for the disabled will have to pay the legal costs of their cases, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

An application by Gayle Killilea Dunne aimed at halting proceedings against her over the alleged transfer of South African properties between the Dunnes has opened before the High Court.

Businessman Sean Dunne's bankruptcy should not be extended because of the conduct of the official in charge of the process, it has been claimed before the High Court.

A fund has taken proceedings over alleged €3.31m arrears of rent under a lease for offices at Harcourt Street in Dublin.

There is no need for cross examination of the official overseeing developer Sean Dunne's bankruptcy.

Gayle Dunne, wife of bankrupt developer Sean Dunne, has been ordered by a court not to reduce her assets below €50m amid concerns that efforts are being made to put his assets beyond the reach of creditors.

It is of “paramount importance” to Sean Dunne “to get free of the shackles of bankruptcy”, lawyers for the developer have told the High Court.

Plans to close Skibbereen courthouse and have the business of the court undertaken in Clonakilty were challenged in judicial review proceedings at the High Court in Cork yesterday.

The wife of singer Van Morrison is embroiled in a new legal dispute with her neighbours.

Retired solicitor Brian O’Donnell and his wife Dr Mary Patricia are personally liable for the legal costs of their failed bid to have their bankruptcy annulled, the High Court ruled.

Daughter warns Bank of Ireland’s legal team to ‘watch yourself’

Solicitor Brian O’Donnell says he will bring in expert witnesses on banking regulation as part of the latest challenge by him and his wife Mary Patricia to their bankruptcy, the High Court heard yesterday.

A dispute over whether bankrupt developer Sean Dunne validly transferred various property assets to his wife Gayle, including a hotel in South Africa, has come before the Commercial Court.

A judge’s view that solicitor Brian O’Donnell moved to England to secure a "benign bankruptcy" and avoid his creditors is "entirely irrelevant" to whether he should have been adjudicated bankrupt here, his lawyer has told the Supreme Court.

Sean Dunne is anxious for a speedy hearing of his appeal against a decision permitting a dual bankruptcy process concerning him to proceed here and in the US.

Health Minister James Reilly is one of a number of financial backers of a Tipperary nursing home who have “taken the hit” over their investment, the High Court heard yesterday when it was told agreement has been reached in a legal dispute with other investors.

Letters sent by the fugitive leader of a mysterious property trust to a bank in relation to a €51m development loan have been dismissed as “nonsense” in the High Court.

A High Court judge has ordered a sworn “yes or no” answer must be provided by an official of the former Anglo Irish Bank as to whether or not it was solvent during 2009 when it allegedly issued loan facilities to a developer being pursued for €88m.

Developer David Agar has alleged before the Commercial Court that Ulster Bank mis-sold him financial products related to interest rates on loans totalling €87m.

TALKS to resolve a dispute over the appointment by NAMA of receivers to a Kildare hotel and leisure centre have not been successful, the High Court heard yesterday.

Former Anglo Irish Bank chairman and bankrupt Sean Fitzpatrick has a net income of just €188 per month, documents furnished to the High Court have revealed.

A court official was given the go-ahead today to divide up the assets of bankrupt former Anglo-Irish chief Sean Fitzpatrick.

FORMER Anglo Irish Bank chairman Seán FitzPatrick was declared a bankrupt by the High Court yesterday at his own request, just days after opposition from Anglo ensured the collapse of his proposed settlement deal with creditors.

The former head of Anglo Irish Bank, Sean FitzPatrick, was officially declared bankrupt today.

THE former head of Anglo Irish Bank, Sean Fitzpatrick, is expected to be officially declared bankrupt on Monday after his former bank blocked a proposed settlement deal with his creditors.

The survival plan for three companies in the Fleming group received the unanimous support of its creditors with the exception of Dutch owned ACC bank, the Supreme Court heard today.

A HIGH Court declaration yesterday that five community pharmacists are entitled to advance payments under the general medical services scheme for “as long as their contracts remain in force” could have implications for up to 900 other pharmacists with similar contracts.

MONARCH Properties made mystery payments of £21,500 around the time it secured vital rezoning of its south Dublin lands, the Mahon Planning Tribunal heard yesterday.

PROPERTY developer Paul Monahan was warned yesterday he faces High Court proceedings arising from his evidence to the Mahon Tribunal.

FORMER Monarch property company executive Richard Lynn will deny in testimony he knew lobbyist Frank Dunlop bribed councillors for their votes, the Mahon planning tribunal was told yesterday.

FORMER Monarch Properties development company executive Eddie Sweeney firmly denied at the Mahon Tribunal yesterday he was aware lobbyist Frank Dunlop was going to bribe councillors.

PUBLICANS Hugh O’Regan and Paraic Dunning are to go ahead with development works on their €16m extension to the Morrison Hotel on Ormond Quay, Dublin, following a decision of the High Court yesterday.

NA FIANNA have been granted a temporary High Court injunction which restrains the playing of the Dublin SFC semi-final between Raheny and UCD today.