Dunnes Stores, by refusing to release €15m funds allegedly due under a settlement agreement, is frustrating the ability of the receivers over the Point Village Development to fund the continuing works at the Point Village Centre in Dublin’s docklands, it has been claimed.

A passion for motorsport engendered by rally icon Billy Coleman has inspired Cork native John Campion to assist a group of young talented drivers.

The Central Bank is to investigate suspected contraventions of insurance regulation by management of the former Quinn Insurance, which entered administration in 2010.

Plans will be lodged today for what developers hope will be Dublin's tallest office building.

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal brought by the trustees of a non-denominational church — the Victory Christian Fellowship against a High Court ruling that Bank of Scotland was entitled to appoint a joint receiver over three of its properties.

A two-month stay has been placed on a High Court injunction linked to the closure to the public of a branch of Dunnes Stores in Wexford.

SIX shopping centres, including the largest in the Midlands, have been put up for sale in one lot, guiding at €115 million. The mix, in one lot only and called the Cornerstone Portfolio, has almost 170 shop units plus 150 apartments, and 670,00 sq ft of retail in all.

A deal has been agreed for the transfer of Quinn Insurance’s portfolio of UK and European legacy liabilities to a subsidiary of Bermuda-based Catalina Holdings.

AS Nama this week brings 588 apartments for sale for €116 million in Dublin, aimed at REITS and overseas investment groups, offers on a smaller scale of apartment blocks maybe of more interest to private buyers conscious of the end of year expiry date of the CGT exemption for investments held for seven years.

Cork brothers Michael and John O’Flynn have told the High Court they would not be maintaining allegations of wrongdoing against four receivers appointed to their companies by Blackstone subsidiary Carbon Finance.

The joint administrators of Quinn Insurance Limited (QIL) want the High Court to approve the transfer of 5,000 health policies to a subsidiary of one of the world’s biggest insurance providers Swiss Re.

Two men have been remanded in custody charged with a string of people trafficking and forced labour offences in the North.

The contract to operate the Convention Centre Dublin is to be sold, it was announced yesterday.

Ireland's biggest theatre is up for sale with a €20m price tag.

Two penalties from Ger Collins in the second-half saw Limerick work their way into the third round of the qualifiers after a battle against Antrim at the Gaelic Grounds.

Donegal 3-16 Antrim 0-12

Fermanagh 3-13 Antrim 2-18

A Dublin office site with a 2013 planning grant for 1660,000 sq ft of Grade A offices is for sale for €25 million, having previously sold for €160m to Bernard McNamara.

A €100m repayment by the administrators of Quinn Insurance Ltd to the State-backed Insurance Compensation Fund, from which €1.158bn has been drawn down to date to meet claims of policy holders, has been approved by the High Court.

Accounting firm Grant Thornton received an additional €2.8m in fees last year bringing to €13m the amount the firm has received for acting as administrators to the Quinn Insurance group.

The Athlone Towncentre Shopping Centre has entered receivership today.

The joint administrators of Quinn Insurance Ltd are suing the firm’s former auditors PriceWaterhouseCoopers for around €1bn over alleged negligent auditing of the company’s accounts over several years.

The administrators of Quinn Insurance are taking steps aimed at securing an urgent hearing of their action against the group’s former auditors, Pricewaterhouse Cooper, the former auditors of the failed company.

The National Asset Management Agency moved yesterday to seize two high profile locations — the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre and the Point Village — from businessman Harry Crosbie.

Get Rhythm are touring Irish prisons, much as Johnny played the penitentiaries in the US, says Jonathan deBurca Butler

Ownership of the historic Parknasilla Hotel on the Ring of Kerry was due to change this week, with the overseas buyer behind the €10m-plus purchase, represented in Kenmare by DreamIreland businessman Tony Daly.

BOTH the Parknasilla Hotel and the Cork International Airport Hotel have overseas buyers, the first in legals, the second sold to Phillips Hotels Ltd for approximately €5m. So Savills’ successful run of sales shows it’s not just the Dublin hotel market (where the 500 bed Burlington’s selling for €70 m to the private equity group Blackstone) that’s attracting investors.

A High Court judge yesterday expressed concern over the apparent “vast” undervalue of the sale of shares in two companies linked to insolvent developer Treasury Holdings just as it was about to be wound up.

A Cork suburban scheme of shops and 142 apartments at Dennehys Cross is part of a €75m investment and distressed assets sell-off, to include 500 Dublin apartments, by Ulster Bank.

The new owner of Clerys has vowed to “revitalise” the historic store’s fortunes with fresh investment to enhance its offering and improve its operations.

The Boston-based investment firm Gordon Brothers is the new owner of iconic Dublin department store, Clerys, which went into receivership yesterday.

One of Ireland’s most famous department stores has been put into receivership.

BIDS are at an advanced stage and heading towards €20m from European and Asian parties on the Fota Island Resort in Cork harbour this month, as Kerry’s Parknasilla gem joins Fota on the international sales market.

AS developer Bernard McNamara’s misguided Burlington hotel purchase is put back for sale at a quarter the price he paid for it only five years ago, one of his other hotels is close to a sale via a receiver.

Dublin's largest hotel, the four-star Burlington, has been put up for sale at a guide price of between €65-75m.

Brian Wilmot made a successful start to his senior championship career when he beat Patrick O’Donoghue in their Pool C tie at Gortroe.

Three of the country’s best known hotels have been placed in receivership due to the debts racked up by developer Bernard McNamara.

A receiver has been appointed to the Burlington Hotel in Dublin, the Cork International Hotel and the Parknasilla Hotel in Co. Kerry.

The President of the High Court has cut by 20% the fees sought by the joint administrators of Quinn Insurance Ltd (QIL).

WILLIAM O’Driscoll beat James Cooney by two bowls of odds in the Ballincurrig 27 final on Saturday.

The sale of Quinn Insurance Ltd to the Liberty Mutual/Anglo Irish Bank joint venture was put in jeopardy as a result of under-reporting of reserves by QIL's employees, the High Court heard today.

THE transfer of the Quinn Insurance group to US insurance giant Liberty Mutual is expected to be completed by October 7 next, the High Court was told yesterday.