The state-owned Dublin Port Company (DPC) had sought orders against McQuaid O’Flanagan Warehousing and Transport Ltd and one of its directors, Mr Gerald McQuaid, including one to seize the company's property, over a failure to comply with a court order.

Pat McQuaid’s nomination for president of the UCI will be discussed at an extraordinary general meeting in June, Cycling Ireland has announced.

WAR on Iraq which has a cost of £100bn tagged on to it could trigger massive sell-offs in stocks next week, a top economist has warned.