The franchise sector is worth €2.4bn, up 15% in the last five years, and growing, John Daly reports.

THE Commercial Court yesterday granted a summary judgment order for €4.3 million against a businessman over his failure to repay five separate loans from ACC Bank for the purchase of properties in Dublin.

A VULNERABLE teenager in state aftercare was found dead in a NAMA-controlled building frequently used by homeless people and drug-users, an inquest has heard.

Hilton today opened their fifth hotel in Ireland as the doors opened at the 166-room, four-star Hilton Dublin Airport.