Cantor Fitzgerald has been considering a stockbroking acquisition here since 2010 and now, having bought Dolmen Securities, the US firm has ambitious plans to jump start the corporate bond market in Ireland, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

Claire Droney indulges in some five-star treatment at No 128 St Stephen’s Green.

Treasury Holdings has been granted a preliminary High Court hearing, for this morning, challenging a move by Nama to appoint receivers to a number of its Irish-based properties following the non-repayment of the company’s loans to the agency.

PAULINE O’Regan was a bit of a media darling yesterday after being named as Grandparent of the Year at a ceremony in Dublin.

A burglar who cut a number of fingers from an artist’s hand and used knives on her “like a butcher” during a break-in has had his sentencing adjourned at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

ESB crews are working to restore power after an outage in parts of Dublin and Wicklow this afternoon.

Most Bus Éireann services are operating as normal, although there are some delays and diversions in worst-affected areas due to icy conditions.

DOES anyone else share my sense of irony that former US president Bill Clinton can claim – within the space of a couple of hours – that the “enormous, staggering amount of inequality within and between countries” is one of the biggest threats facing humanity and then sit down to dinner with 575 of the elite, each of whom paid €2,500 for the privilege?

A 100-year-old great-grandfather said today his family is worth all the money in the world as he was crowned Grandparent of the Year.

Rail chiefs today sought permission to press ahead with a €2.5bn Dart Underground in Dublin with work expected to begin within two years.

The new management team at Anglo Irish bank is planning moving staff to a less high-profile office, according to reports today.

The controversial new speed limit in parts of Dublin City Centre may be extended to towns and cities across the country.

A protest by a group called ‘The Irish Taxi Council’ caused severe traffic delays for Dublin commuters from 8am right through the day, and on into evening rush hour, according AA Roadwatch.

The trial of former Dublin Assistant County Manager, George Redmond, charged with receiving a bribe in return for purchasing development land, has heard he was originally reluctant to buy it.

TRANSPORT Minister Noel Dempsey is planning to bring forward plans for an ambitious rail tunnel linking Heuston Station to St Stephen’s Green, the docklands and Pearse Street Station.

A flagship city centre metro station could be built under O'Connell bridge.

Campaigners opposing the Corrib gas field project failed to dampen the spirits of more than 100 Norwegians celebrating Independence Day in Dublin today.

RECENTLY I travelled to Dublin for the Chieftains’ concert in the National Concert Hall.

The operators of Dublin's Luas trams, Connex and the Railway Procurement Agency, are now offering free park-and-ride facilities for disabled people.

FINANCE MINISTER Charlie McCreevy’s radical decentralisation plan can not be completed within his three-year time frame.

DUBLIN City Council has abandoned plans to free up a major traffic bottleneck in the heart of the city centre following the threat of legal action by department store Brown Thomas.

Celebrity chef Conrad Gallagher, accused of stealing three paintings from the Fitzwilliam Hotel, told gardaí he knew they belonged to the hotel and he should not have sold them, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

Celebrity chef Conrad Gallagher was insolvent before he moved his restaurant to the Fitzwilliam Hotel, a jury has been told at the start of his trial for allegedly stealing three paintings.

More than 100,000 people are marching through the streets of Dublin as part of a world-wide chain of rallies against a US-led war on Iraq.

Dublin is expected to grind to a halt tomorrow as one of the country's biggest-ever protest marches takes to the streets.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs Brian Cowen has been struck by a motorbike in the centre of Dublin.