AN action by Anglo Irish Bank against its former chief executive David Drumm over €8 million unpaid loans has been taken out of the Commercial Court list.

The administrators of Quinn Insurance have informed the High Court that they hope to have identified a preferred bidder, that will purchase the group, by the end of the month.

A Latvian woman and her Pakistani fiancee have secured leave to bring a High Court challenge against the Limerick County Registrar's refusal to allow their marriage, following a Garda objection.

The High Court has dismissed a software company's claims that a rival entity established by three former senior workers had conspired to "hijack its' business" by developing a competing product.

The High Court has awarded €32,000 to a part time postman who sustained serious head injures as a result of being thrown from his motorbike after a dog ran in front of him.

MR Justice Barry White told Eamonn Lillis he would have to consider whether the “the cover-up, the lies and deceit that you practised in the immediate aftermath of your wife’s death” was an aggravating factor.

An eight year old boy has secured €3m in settlement of his High Court over the severe injuries he suffered at birth.

A top young Irish cyclist who quit competitive racing following a collision with a French team's service vehicle during an international event has lost his High Court action for damages.

A security van driver who brought High Court proceedings against his former employers as a result of the post traumatic stress disorder and depression he suffered following a tiger kidnapping has been awarded €25,000 in damages.

MR JUSTICE Kevin O’Higgins concluded that Portmarnock golf club “is not a discriminating club under the terms of the Equal Status Act 2000, because it falls within an exception provided for in that act”.

THE mother and daughter of a woman murdered in her home last week were granted an injunction by the High Court yesterday preventing the husband of the deceased selling the family home worth nearly €1 million.