In a rare move, the Charities Regulator petitioned the High Court to appoint liquidators to the charity after it became the subject of a Garda investigation into "suspicious transactions" involving “substantial international funds”.
Ric Stowe was once reported to be one of the richest men in Australia, with interests from coal to airlines. The liquidator of an Irish trading company he is associated with has secured interim freezing orders against his companies in Ireland and Gibraltar.
Gerard Lane is owed €3.3m. An expert financial report reveals how that compares to the initial investment and subsequent legal fees in the dispute with hotel co-investor Denis Connolly.
A liquidator has been appointed to 10 companies linked to the businessman who was disqualified from acting as a company director last July for reckless trading.
The bitter row between Gerard Lane and Denis Connolly continued in the High Court with accusations of opportunism, chutzpah, and pulling stunts.
Sir John Griffin, founder of UK private car service Addison Lee, tried to argue he was domiciled in Ireland for UK tax purposes. A tribunal judgment handed down this week did not find in his favour.
Deutsche Bank and Carronade Capital, who stand to be virtually wiped out in the Irish-founded packaging group’s recapitalisation, have opened a new legal front in a Luxembourg court.
Striking solicitors are not the only ones complaining about funding for the courts. Released files shows the agency's CEO recently warned the incoming secretary general in justice of staff shortages and budget gaps stalling judicial and technological reforms.
The story of a long fight to save a short stretch of seaside public walkway from being closed off when cruise liners docked – and the protesters too determined to give up.
Anne Marie Monahan’s High Court challenge follows a failed appeal against the CGT bill Revenue applied to the sale of shares she had inherited from her late husband Peter.
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