RGRE, the property group headed by Johnny Ronan, remains in talks with an international investor about the refinancing of loans relating to the assets.
AIB alleged the sister-in-law of €5.8 million judgment debtor Justin Burke may be in league with him in attempts to frustrate enforcement. Her husband, a well-known Galway hotelier, says nothing could be further from the truth.
Galway farmer and horse breeder Justin Burke is being chased for assets by AIB over a legacy debt of €5.8 million. But a family intervention over who owns what has led to conflicting claims of pressure being applied, mental incapacity and of an eleventh-hour attempt to derail the court proceedings.
Members of the Belfry Redress Group will attend a private meeting of a joint Oireachtas Committee to highlight their concerns about AIB's redress scheme for scorched investors in the ill-fated property schemes.
Silicon Valley Bank's collapse has been noted by Irish bank shareholders. But that doesn't mean the banks are at risk.
Retail investors dissatisfied with the redress scheme established by the bank to compensate some investors in the Belfry property funds have formed a new action group, opening a fresh front in an eight-year-old battle.
At long last, AIB has begun paying investors in the failed Belfry Funds, and some are even getting damages. It has been a long time coming for investors who have battled the bank for decades.
In the last two years, AIB has more than doubled and Bank of Ireland has more than tripled in value. First-half results now available for both institutions tell the story.
The decision to cut costs by removing cash services from 70 AIB branches was the logical decision for a normal publicly-listed company. But the majority state-owned bank isn't one.
The tracker scandal was not an outlier for AIB. As the sad tale of the Belfry Funds shows, the bank has repeatedly put its own interests above those of its customers.
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