Three Mayo men are suing for damages over alleged garda brutality at a Shell to Sea protest eight years ago.

An 86-year-old artist has taken a community group to court seeking an order for them to build a 2.4m wall next to his Donegal home.

Exceptional costs resulted in losses at the group that operates the Gresham hotel in Dublin and the Metropole Hotel in Cork totalling over €18.5m in 2010, new figures show.

THE group that purchased the Great Southern hotels at Dublin, Cork and Shannon airports four years ago has written down the value of the properties by €43.8 million due to a period of sustained losses.

ONE of Cork city’s oldest hotels, the Gresham Metropole, is lining up a circa €25 million-plus investment which will include large-scale demolition of the rear of the property.

A 10-year-old boy from Drogheda who had been reported missing yesterday evening has been found.

THREE Irish businessmen yesterday launched a €113m takeover bid for the Gresham Hotel group. The long-threatened takeover bid for the Gresham Hotel Group finally came yesterday afternoon.

THOMAS LEE (Oughterard) and Eric Donovan (St Michael’s, Athy), members of the Irish team for the multi-nations tournament in Cork, will be in action at the national under-21 boxing championships finals at the National Stadium tonight, while a third member of the squad, Conor Ahern (Baldoyle), gets a walkover in the light flyweight division.

GRESHAM Hotels Group has endured another tough trading period, incurring losses short of €400,000 for the first six months’ trading period from January to June 2003.

GRESHAM HOTELS will announce the result of a poll held to decide the fate of four of its directors.

Gresham Hotel Group PLC said it has today received a requisition from shareholders holding not less than 10% of the company's shares calling for an extraordinary general meeting to remove four directors from the board.