Gayle Dunne, wife of bankrupt developer Sean Dunne, has been ordered by a court not to reduce her assets below €50m amid concerns that efforts are being made to put his assets beyond the reach of creditors.

The wife of bankrupt developer Sean Dunne wants to cross-examine a lawyer representing the official dealing with Mr Dunne’s bankruptcy in the US as part of her bid to halt Irish proceedings against her.

Niall O’Farrell this week saw the business he founded in the mid-1980s, the formal suit hire firm Blacktie, fall into liquidation. The Dragons’ Den star will be hoping his investments on the show pay off soon, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

The parties involved in a dispute affecting the Dublin Cinema Group have agreed to enter into mediation.

A High Court judge has urged mediation of an “extraordinarily bitter” dispute affecting the Dublin Cinema Group, operator of the Savoy and Screen cinemas in the capital.