DUTCH-owned ACC bank pulled the finger out of a dyke which held back a tide of debt washing around west Cork-based developers Fleming Construction.

The Supreme Court has withdrawn court protection from the Fleming Construction Group which will now go to the wall with debts of €1bn.

The Supreme Court will today decide the fate of the struggling Fleming Construction Group which has debts of €1bn euro.

The Supreme Court will rule early next year on whether to approval a survival plan for three companies in the Fleming group.

The survival plan for three companies in the Fleming group received the unanimous support of its creditors with the exception of Dutch owned ACC bank, the Supreme Court heard today.

The survival scheme for the Fleming construction group which has debts of €1bn does not contain any commitment of continuing financial support from its banking creditors, the Supreme Court heard today.

RUBY AYOUB’s schoolmates released balloons in memory of the little girl who should have been celebrating her sixth birthday yesterday.

RESTORING confidence in the public finances should be the Government’s top priority in the short term, but driving innovation is the biggest medium-term concern, a survey of business leaders has revealed.

Detectives are investigating whether a body found today on a rugged headland was that of an elderly woman who went missing from a nearby nursing home two years ago.

PJ Carroll and company limited have announced the closure of the company’s manufacturing plant in Dundalk, Co Louth, with a loss of 66 jobs.

Unitech Systems, a leading technology consultancy, has carried out an innovative IT solutions project at the South Eastern Health Board (SEHB).