Almost 150 businesses have made inquiries about a €5m government fund set up to help those hit by flooding, although just 37 of those have filled out application forms on the Red Cross website since they were made available on Friday.

A senior economist who attended the infamous Brian Cowen-Anglo golf outing and was the only expert the then taoiseach called on the night of the guarantee has insisted he had no role in decisions about the firm.

Q: Why are there concerns that the Oireachtas banking inquiry could collapse or is descending into chaos?

The banking inquiry is to decide on Monday whether to allow former Anglo chief executive David Drumm to give evidence from the US by video link next Wednesday to get around legal issues with his return to Ireland.

All but one of the Anglo Irish officials central to the economic crash are set to escape any public banking inquiry grilling over their role in the financial scandal.

One of the country’s largest milk producers believes it could be years before we really know the effects of dropping the milk quota, writes Noel Baker

David Hubbard scored the line in 15 great bowls at Ballinacurra where he beat Paul Buckley by almost a bowl.

The Bishop of Cloyne has announced a major reshuffle of priests in the diocese and the retirement of three.

An etching of the head of a young girl, by Paul Cezanne, will feature on the stand of The Whitley Art Gallery at a day-long antique fair at Acton’s Hotel in Kinsale tomorrow, July 27.

Fresh charges have been brought against two former Anglo Irish Bank senior executives who are awaiting trial for Revenue offences.

A priest and his sister who were extremely close in life and died on the same day, have been laid to rest in Youghal, Co Cork, following joint Requiem Mass.

Thomas Mackle had an easier thanexpected win over Aidan Murphy in the Dunmanway Hospital Day Care Tournament semi-final at Derrinasafa on Sunday.

A second former executive at Anglo Irish Bank is to stand trial on revenue charges.

A former head of treasury at the former Anglo Irish Bank is to stand trial on revenue offences.

John Donnellan beat Tom Browne by almost a bowl of odds in the William Wolfe Memorial trophy at the Waterloo revival festival on Sunday.

Farmers have welcomed the commitment by dairy co-ops and the Department of Agriculture to substantially increase the volume of fodder imports over the short-to-medium term.

Gavin Twohig brought his recent good form into 2013 with an impressive win over Arthur McDonagh in the Billy Molloy Cup at Whitechurch.

Killian Kingston bowled impressively at Shannonvale on Saturday to win the Noel Phair Cup final comfortable at the expense of Raymond Ryan and Wayne Callanan.

Colman Sweeney was the in-form rider at yesterday’s Clonmult/Dungourney meeting at Avaune with the former dual Cheltenham festival winning rider partnering a two-timer.

An application by convicted wife murderer Joe O'Reilly for legal aid in order to take a miscarriage of justice case, was granted in the Court of Criminal Appeal.

THREE Co Cork farmers feature next Sunday evening in Farmers, a TV3 documentary series which promises a realistic look at Irish farming.

ANGLO IRISH BANK must provide sworn information about the amount and purpose of loans given by it to businessman Seán Quinn, members of his family and entities under their control in the three years to November 2007, the Commercial Court has ruled.

PRE-tax losses at Irish private equity group Claret Capital last year increased by 8.5% to €3.7 million.

ANGLO Irish Bank is seeking summary judgment orders for more than €50 million against a former director and one-time head of the bank’s Irish lending division over loans secured on shares in the bank and various property investments.

Collapsed Anglo Irish Bank paid top management €19m in the 15 months to the end of last year, including €7m in salaries and €1m in directors' fees.

A cocaine dealer who brought €50,000 worth of the drug on the train from Dublin to Cork was jailed today for 10 years.

Bank chiefs will have their wages capped at half a million euro, it was announced today.

FINE GAEL last night said it was wrong that €9.5m was paid to the same Anglo Irish directors who had brought the bank to its knees.

FIVE non-executive directors announced their resignation from the board of Anglo Irish Bank yesterday, ahead of the Government’s expected formal takeover of the lender later this week.

Social workers are interviewing children who live at an evangelist group's headquarters after FBI agents and police raided the compound in a child porn probe.

TIARNAN O'MAHONEY walked away from Anglo Irish Bank with a near €4 million pay-off.

CHIEF operating officer at Anglo Irish Bank Tiarnan O’Mahoney will leave his post at the end of this year.

Haute couture designer Christian Lacroix has restyled Johnnie Walker, the 19th-century dandy displayed on Red Label whisky.

ANGLO IRISH BANK ended months of speculation yesterday when it announced that David Drumm had won the race to succeed Seán FitzPatrick as chief executive.

Anglo Irish Bank has four internal contenders for the post of chief executive, and a final decision should be made soon.

ANGLO IRISH BANK has confirmed that Seán FitzPatrick will step down as chief executive and become chairman from January.

Anglo Irish Bank has appointed Mr Gary McGann and Mr Tom Browne to the board of the company's directors.