Efforts are being made to remove the last remaining occupant from Apollo House in Dublin city centre, the High Court has heard.

Receivers appointed over Apollo House in Dublin City centre have launched a High Court action aimed at regaining possession of the property.

The news that Green REIT Plc has acquired the former Sun Alliance building — at nos 13-17 Dawson Street, in Dublin 2, for €23m — bodes well for the city’s crane count.

Four former directors of Pierse Contracting, once Ireland’s third-largest building contractor, are men of honesty and integrity who believed they were acting responsibly in allowing the firm to continue trading beyond 2009, the High Court has been told.

A survival scheme for Elverys Sports operating company employing 700 people full and part-time in 52 stores across the country has been approved by the High Court.

The management team of Elverys Sports, led by chief executive Patrick Rowland, has emerged as the winning bid in the hotly-contested battle for control of the sports retail chain.

Employees of Irish retailer Elverys Sports ramped up the campaign to protect their jobs with highly visible displays at GAA matches in Dublin and Mayo over the weekend.

Several investors have expressed interest in the Elverys Sports operating company, which employs 654 people in 56 stores across the country.

An interim examiner has been appointed by the High Court to Elverys Sports, which employs 654 people in 56 stores nationwide.

Former staff at Co-operative Poultry Products in Cavan have ended their sit in protest this evening.

The High Court has today confirmed the appointment of a provisional liquidator to a Co Cavan based bath and shower screen manufacturers that employs 52 people.

AN order winding up Pierse Contracting and Pierse Building Services with the loss of 109 jobs was made at the High Court yesterday after the heavily insolvent companies withdrew their petition for examinership.

A USB memory stick containing the personal details of tens of thousands of Budget Travel customers has been stolen as part of an “opportunistic” robbery from the company’s headquarters.

A NUMBER of companies have shown interest in purchasing Budget Travel which went into liquidation earlier this month.

The High Court today made winding up orders for Budget Travel and motor dealership EP Mooney who between them employed more than 260 workers.

BUDGET TRAVEL has moved to assure holiday-makers not due back in Ireland until next week that the firm will make “alternative arrangements” for their return.

REFUNDS will be offered to all Budget Travel customers despite Ireland’s largest tour operator going out of business with the loss of 172 jobs.

More than 170 jobs were lost tonight as the country’s largest tour operator Budget Travel went bust.

Ireland’s largest tour operator Budget Travel will cease trading from this evening with the loss of 172 jobs and the closure of the company’s 17 retail shops, it has been announced.

TROUBLED Dublin-based financial firm Structured Credit Company will continue to have the protection of the High Court until September 5.