A couple have lost their Supreme Court appeal against a decision Bank of Scotland plc was entitled to recover €4m from them arising from unpaid loans made for property development purposes and to appoint a receiver over certain properties.

The Moriarty Tribunal has failed to get a High Court order requiring former Communications Minister Michael Lowry to produce to it certain documents used in proceedings brought against him by his former accountants.

One of the accused in the Brian Murphy manslaughter trial admitted kicking someone in the head during a fight and hearing his head "snap or crack", a taxi driver has told the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.