The hotels group backed by Virgin Media owner John Malone has paid around €50m for the five-star Powerscourt Hotel in Wicklow.

The Government has asked to convene a British-Irish body that will give Dublin a greater say in the running of the North in the absence of an executive.

The office of the Attorney General did not give crisis-hit Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald legal advice when she received the May 15, 2015, email raising concerns over the deeply controversial garda legal team strategy against Maurice McCabe.

The costs of the receivership for Treasury Holdings’ main Spencer Dock firm now total over €15.3m.

The annual awards of the IGNITE business start-up programme that supports third level graduates take place on Thursday at University College Cork. Pádraig Hoare spoke to director of the programme, Eamon Curtin.

As British prime minister Theresa May prepares to trigger Article 50, which marks the formal start of the Brexit talks process, the subject of funding for small businesses here will be even higher on the agenda.

THE story of the Hales brothers involved two cataclysmic events that had profound impacts on the Civil War in 1922. 

Sales of 11 properties associated with the receivership of the main Spencer Dock firm formerly controlled by Treasury Holdings have realised €4.2m between July 2015 and January this year.

A disillusioned former member of Islamic State has passed a stolen memory stick of documents identifying 22,000 supporters in over 50 countries to a British journalist, a leak that could help the West target Islamist fighters planning attacks.

One of Rosanna Davison’s three wedding bashes in summer 2014 contributed to the luxury five-star Powerscourt hotel and spa at Enniskerry, Co Wicklow, recording earnings of €700,000 last year.

The costs associated with the receivership of Treasury Holdings’s main Spencer Dock firm have risen over €4m in the last six months.

Two best friends who share a unique connection to two survivors of the Lusitania disaster are set to play a key role in the centenary commemorations.

Young entrepreneurs from Ireland and farther afield will gather for three days of start-up workshops at UCC this weekend.

They were best friends who set sail together from Queenstown, Co Cork, in 1911, hoping to build a new life in America.

The government-backed Irish Infrastructure Fund (IIF) has been selected as the preferred bidder for the landmark Convention Centre in the Dublin Docklands.

Winning a third award in its first year is just one of many achievements for Pundit Arena, whose sports website attracts 250,000 visitors monthly, raising its advertising potential, reports Trish Dromey.

Professional and receivers’ fees from the receivership of Treasury Holdings’s main Spencer Dock company have totalled €2m to date, new figures show.

British Muslim leaders urged people to contact police if they knew the man with an English accent who appeared in a video showing the beheading of a US journalist.

A sports media website has won the main prize at the UCC Ignite graduate business awards.

On this weeks Small Business Show, brought to you in association with Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, we ask are many commentators jumping the gun by suggesting things are on the up for SMEs.

Kehlan talks with Richard Barrett and Ross O’Dwyer from punditarena.com. They are part of the Ignite programme at UCC and are looking to be the go-to place in Ireland for insightful and quality sports writing.

Professional and receivers’ fees from the receivership of Treasury Holdings’ main Spencer Dock company total €1.59m to date, new figures have revealed.

Alarge mid-18th century Kilkenny marble Irish fireplace is a highlight at Mealy’s auction at Huntington Castle, Co Carlow next Monday, Nov 18.

Operating profits at the firm that operates the Dublin Convention Centre last year increased nine fold to €5.4m, new figures show.

The Westin Hotel on Dublin’s College Green narrowed its pre-tax losses last year by 10% to €3.2m.

A High Court judge has approved a complex settlement of an action brought by Nama and others against Treasury Holdings’ co-founders Richard Barrett and John Ronan over a controversial €20m transaction involving the alleged transfer of shares out of the group at a significant undervalue.

Treasury Holdings’ co-founder Richard Barrett will get €5m cash “with no strings attached” under a proposed settlement of a legal action brought against him and co-founder John Ronan over a controversial €20m transaction, a High Court judge has noted.

Nama has reached settlement agreements pending formal High Court approval with property developers Johnny Ronan and Richard Barrett regarding outstanding matters relating to Treasury Holdings, which went into liquidation last year.

Many of the entrepreneurs in an aptly titled 2008 book of business self-congratulation have gone bust, says Tommy Barker

As the FBI launched a hunt for those responsible for the Boston Marathon bombings, US President Barack Obama said: “We will find out who did this. We’ll find out why they did this. Any responsible individuals, any responsible groups, will feel the full weight of justice.”

The full might of America's police and security services was today focused on finding out who planted the Boston Marathon bombs, and why.

The fatal explosions in Boston have hints of a right-wing terrorist attack rather than al Qaida-inspired extremism, according to one of the world’s leading experts on counter-terrorism.

Debt was at the top of the financial agenda for most of 2012, but there were some positive moments in the year too.

The company that runs the Convention Centre in Dublin made a €6m profit for the year ended Feb 29, 2012, according to filed accounts.

The liquidators of Treasury Holdings are seeking to join with Nama in pursuing alegal action against the developer’s co-founders, John Ronan and Richard Barrett, aimed at unwinding a controversial €20m transaction.

One of the biggest hotels in the country has been assigned an interim examiner, after amassing debts to Nama of €47m.

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.

High-profile property developer Treasury Holdings is expected to have joint liquidators appointed next week, making it one of the biggest casualties of the property crash.