The Department of Health has washed its hands of the failure to pay three months’ wages to workers who stayed at suicide-prevention charity Console after it was hit by a financial scandal, saying it has “no role” in the dispute.

First Console and now St John of God. How are these charity scandals emerging when there is supposed to be a Charities Regulator in place now?

The charities regulator was not aware of any concerns around the operation of the suicide bereavement charity Console until they were aired last week.

Three of the remaining directors of beleaguered suicide bereavement charity Console did not even know they were directors.

Former Console boss Paul Kelly and his wife and son spent almost €500,000 on designer clothes, foreign trips, groceries, and other expenses between 2012 and 2014, an RTÉ investigation has claimed.

A 68-year-old man who took exception to his ex-partner starting a new relationship with a Kerryman harassed her by phone.

A 68-year-old man pleaded guilty yesterday to harassing a woman by phoning 150 times and leaving voicemails including some threats to kill her and her partner.

A 68-year-old man appeared in court yesterday accused of phoning a woman 150 times and leaving voicemails in which he allegedly threatened to kill her.

Tommy Barker hears of a lofty, A-rated new 28-house scheme about to be launched on Cork’s Tramore Road.

Protection granted last month to developer James Nugent of Maple 6 in Dublin in respect of a multimillion euro bank debt was removed at the High Court sitting in Cork yesterday.

There was no hiding Shane Lowry’s bitter disappointment after confessing he let victory slip in the British Masters at Woburn.

Shane Lowry brushed off an elbow to the face to maintain his lofty position near the top of the British Masters leader board at Woburn.

As showtime fast approaches, O’Shea Park hums with activity.

The ACCA is the latest body to call on Minister for Justice Alan Shatter to regulate personal insolvency practitioners.

The High Court has today barred businessman Noel O'Gara from bringing any further legal actions in relation to Dartmouth Square in Dublin.

Dublin City Council has bought a Georgian garden square once owned by a businessman who attempted to use the two-acre leafy landmark as a car park.

Carrying the name of one of the most famous yachts to ever sail out of Crosshaven in Cork, the bar the Moonduster Inn is due a sale rendezvous at the next Allsops auction early December.

Borrowers are being urged against deliberate non-mortgage repayment — in a hope of attracting debt forgiveness — ahead of new legislation being passed.

Homeowners are today being warned against the deliberate non-payment of their mortgage.

HARSH economic conditions are pressurising normally honest company directors and employees to resort to fraud to rob their companies, leading accountants claimed at the CPA Practitioners’ Conference 2011.

TEACHERS, parents and resource assistants will march on Leinster House next week to demonstrate against “inhumane” education cuts affecting children with special needs.

THE liquidator of the company which operated the Bang Cafe restaurant in Dublin, wound up with debts of €2.4 million, is proceeding with his bid for orders under Section 160 of the Companies Act disqualifying brothers Simon and Christian Stokes from involvement in the management of any company on grounds of unfitness.

Homes that were once worth millions of euro could be sold for a fraction of the price at Ireland's first ever "distressed property auction" in Dublin today.

JOHN JOE JOYCE impressed on his move into the welterweight division when he outpointed Golden Gloves champion, Quintin Fortune of the NYPD, at the Rochestown Park Hotel in Cork on Saturday night, where a Garda/Rylane Boxing Club selection hosted team from the New York Police Department at a sell-out dinner show.

ROY SHEAHAN (St Michael’s, Athy) will have the ideal opportunity to get his international career back on track when he guests for the Garda/Rylane selection against the New York Police Department in a sell-out dinner show at the Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork on Saturday night.

CORK developers Murrayforde say the company is in a healthy state despite the appointment of a receiver.

MORE than a dozen angry sub-contractors picketed a new upmarket hotel in Kerry to highlight the money they claim they are owed by the developers who built the premises.

THE BUILDING that collapsed in Cork yesterday was deemed safe by city engineers a little more than two months ago.

CORK boxing legend Seanie Barrett returns to action tomorrow night at the Riverside Park Hotel in Macroom (8pm).

DAVID BARRETT will take his preparations for next month’s national senior boxing championships to a new level when he boxes former champion, David Joyce, on a 15-bout bill promoted by Rylane boxing club at the Riverside Park Hotel in Macroom tomorrow night.

THE St Saviours Olympic Boxing Academy club in Dublin will meet this week to discuss the situation regarding twin brothers Graham and Gavin Keating.

BREEDERS from the North served notice at the two-day Cork Summer Show that their dominance of the major horse shows south of the border is set to continue.

RYLANE Boxing Club will feature five heavyweights on the bill for its second tournament at the Riverside Park Hotel, Macroom, tomorrow night, and six members of the Irish Garda and Firemen’s team for the world championships in Australia will be in action.

JUST a couple of weeks after a sell-out event at the same venue, Rylane Boxing Club will stage another boxing extravaganza at the Riverside Park Hotel in Macroom on Friday, February 23.

RYLANE Boxing Club is back in action tonight with a rescheduled tournament featuring a star-studded bill at the Community Centre in Aghabullogue.

ST. Michael’s, from Athy, will have five boxers in the national senior boxing championship finals, next Friday night.

DARREN SUTHERLAND opens his bid for a first national senior title at the National Stadium tomorrow night when he meets Waterford's Keith Whelan (St Paul's) in the first of the middleweight semi-finals.

HEALTH insurer BUPA has taken legal action to block Government plans to introduce a scheme which could lead to cheaper premiums for everyone with private health cover.

FAILURE by Tánaiste Mary Harney to introduce risk equalisation before the end of the year could have a catastrophic effect on the health insurance market, experts warned yesterday.