Judge challenges McKillen stance on £660m debt saleBONUS PAYMENTS from Qatari investors interested in buying three luxury London hotels would have been “far more attractive” to…Wed May 23 2012 - 01:00
Blair was against transfer to Nama of London hotel debtsFORMER BRITISH prime minister Tony Blair believed in 2010 that the debts of a luxury London hotel group at the centre of a long…Wed May 23 2012 - 01:00
Quinlan did not pay loan interest, court toldFINANCIER DEREK Quinlan should have declared two years ago that he had failed to pay interest on loans due to Bank of Scotland…Tue May 22 2012 - 01:00
Barclays destroyed crucial evidence, court toldTHE BILLIONAIRE Barclay brothers destroyed evidence of text messages central to the High Court challenge taken by Belfast property…Tue May 22 2012 - 01:00
Lockerbie bomber dies in TripoliTHE FAMILY of convicted Libyan Lockerbie bomber, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, who died yesterday, can now seek a second appeal against…Mon May 21 2012 - 01:00
NHS to offer parents classes on child rearingBRITISH PARENTS are to be offered classes in how to raise their children, including help with nappy-changing, breast-feeding …Sat May 19 2012 - 01:00
Lack of inquiry into 'Big Fat Gypsy' ad claims set for reviewTHE UK Advertising Standards Authority is to review its decision not to investigate complaints earlier this year about Channel…Sat May 19 2012 - 01:00
Cameron seizes on euro crisis to deflect from domestic troublesLONDON LETTER: No longer at EU top table, Cameron paints himself as a safe hand on the tiller at homeFri May 18 2012 - 01:00
Court finds for TV news on Traveller eviction footageBritish TV stations will not have to share unbroadcast footage taken during the evictions of Irish Travellers at Dale Farm last…Fri May 18 2012 - 01:00
Receivership for Alburn Real EstateSOLICITOR NOEL Smyth’s Alburn Real Estate UK is to be put into receivership by Rothschild, ending his efforts to regain command…Thu May 17 2012 - 01:00
Bank of England governor says Euro zone 'tearing itself apart'THE EURO ZONE is “tearing itself apart without any obvious solution” emerging for the problems in the single currency, the governor…Thu May 17 2012 - 01:00
Brooks 'baffled' by move to charge her in hacking scandalFORMER NEWS International chief executive Rebekah Brooks and her husband have condemned Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service decision…Wed May 16 2012 - 01:00
McKillen reveals deal to pay IBRC nearly €1bnPROPERTY DEVELOPER Patrick McKillen has said he has a deal with the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation – formerly Anglo – to pay…Fri May 11 2012 - 01:00
Councils employ medieval solution to local drainage problemsLONDON LETTER : IN THE Middle Ages, a lengthsman had the job of walking the tracks of a parish, ensuring that drains and ditches…Fri May 11 2012 - 01:00
McKillen may have kept details of €50m sale receipts from IBRCPROPERTY DEVELOPER Paddy McKillen did not reveal to the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC) the existence of £40 million…Fri May 11 2012 - 01:00
McKillen rejects charges he is getting a 'soft loan'LOANS OF hundreds of millions of euro owed by property developer Patrick McKillen are being charged at less than 4 per cent, …Fri May 11 2012 - 01:00
Putting Concern on the map in the United KingdomWILD GEESE: Rose Caldwell Executive Director, Concern Worldwide UKFri May 11 2012 - 01:00
EFSF should have funded banks, says HonohanSOME OF the €17 billion injected by Ireland into its banks last year alone, using EU-IMF funds, should have come directly from…Wed May 09 2012 - 01:00
Central banks must 'learn lessons'Central banks must learn the lessons of the past and “not be late” in taking decisive actions, the governor of Ireland's Central…Tue May 08 2012 - 01:00
Commercial property slump in UK hits NamaTHE NATIONAL Asset Management Agency’s efforts to sell off British properties outside London by the end of 2013 has been complicated…Mon May 07 2012 - 01:00
Downplaying of House of Lords reform agenda signals greater coalition tensionsLEGISLATION TO reform the House of Lords will be put before MPs shortly, but it will not be a priority, chancellor of the exchequer…Mon May 07 2012 - 01:00
Coalition policies questioned after election lossesMAJOR LOCAL election losses for the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have raised issues about the future stability of Britain…Sat May 05 2012 - 01:00
Johnson looks likely winner in London by a slim marginCONSERVATIVE BORIS Johnson last night appeared to be on course for a narrow victory over Labour’s Ken Livingstone in what turned…Sat May 05 2012 - 01:00
Chelsea among bidders for Battersea stationCHELSEA FOOTBALL club owner Roman Abramovich has lodged an offer to buy the National Asset Management Agency-controlled Battersea…Sat May 05 2012 - 01:00
Old chestnut about elderly being a national burden untrueLONDON LETTER: BRITAIN’S ELDERLY are an economic advantage; not a burden, say researchers. The predictions are woefulFri May 04 2012 - 01:00
Chelsea bids for Nama-held siteChelsea Football Club has today confirmed a bid to build a new stadium at Battersea Power Station, a site which is partly in …Fri May 04 2012 - 01:00
McKillen to be questioned in court over alleged links with BlairPROPERTY DEVELOPER Paddy McKillen will be questioned next week about allegations that he has a “long-standing business relationship…Wed May 02 2012 - 01:00
Murdoch unfit to lead global company, says inquiryPUBLISHER RUPERT Murdoch displayed “wilful blindness” towards phone-hacking at News International titles and is not fit to lead…Wed May 02 2012 - 01:00
Quinlan had to maintain air of success, court toldFINANCIER DEREK Quinlan had to maintain his lifestyle as “a successful investor” to ensure he was not exploited when he sold …Tue May 01 2012 - 01:00
McKillen could be irrational at times, says QuinlanPROPERTY DEVELOPER Patrick McKillen “could be very irrational sometimes”, financier Derek Quinlan told the high court in London…Tue May 01 2012 - 01:00
Quinlan says he has paid debts of over £2bnFINANCIER DEREK Quinlan has said that he has paid back more than £2 billion worth of debt to the National Asset Management Agency…Sat Apr 28 2012 - 01:00
'Extravagant a relative term,' says financier, as court hears of the high lifeSITTING IN High Court in London yesterday, rejecting allegations made by his former business partner, property developer Paddy…Sat Apr 28 2012 - 01:00
McKillen fails in attempt to keep financial details secretCOURT REPORT: PROPERTY DEVELOPER Patrick McKillen’s unprecedented demand for privacy and confidentiality about his financial…Fri Apr 27 2012 - 01:00
Bono sat in at yacht meeting on Savoy saleU2 SINGER Bono was brought to a meeting on a yacht in the south of France by Patrick McKillen and Derek Quinlan that settled …Fri Apr 27 2012 - 01:00
PM backs UK minister as special adviser quitsBRITISH PRIME minister David Cameron has backed embattled culture secretary Jeremy Hunt after the disclosure of his close links…Thu Apr 26 2012 - 01:00
Murdoch plays down king-making roleANALYSIS: RUPERT MURDOCH came to the Leveson inquiry to bury as a myth the belief that he is the grand puppet-master, with politicians…Thu Apr 26 2012 - 01:00
Lloyds to sell €400m worth of Irish property loansLLOYDS BANKING Group is to sell about €400 million worth of distressed Irish property loans and is taking a more hands-on role…Wed Apr 25 2012 - 01:00
Media challenges McKillen moves to stop disclosurePROPERTY DEVELOPER, Patrick McKillen’s attempts to stop disclosure of his financial affairs during a High Court case in London…Wed Apr 25 2012 - 01:00
Starting out on the road to partitionThe introduction by Prime Minister Herbert Asquith of a third effort to grant Home Rule led to a increasingly bitter debate in the House of Commons, with the Unionist politicians hell bent on scuppering the proposal.Wed Apr 25 2012 - 01:00
London court told Barclays would 'stop at nothing'THE BILLIONAIRE Barclay brothers “will stop at nothing” to undermine Irish property developer Patrick McKillen’s financial position…Tue Apr 24 2012 - 01:00
Dangers of gas fracking overstated, says brokerENVIRONMENTAL DANGERS due to shale gas fracking – the technology proposed for use in drilling for gas in Leitrim and Fermanagh…Mon Apr 23 2012 - 01:00
Doctors in UK to be investigated over female circumcision claimsPOLICE IN London and the west midlands are to launch an investigation following the emergence of recordings showing a doctor …Mon Apr 23 2012 - 01:00
Dial M for more Murdoch woesOnce he was seen as untouchable, but now the media mogul’s troubles keep growingSat Apr 21 2012 - 01:00
Media challenges McKillen's bid for secret hearingsPROPERTY DEVELOPER Paddy McKillen’s bid to keep information about his financial dealings out of the public arena during a High…Sat Apr 21 2012 - 01:00
Quinlan given €2m by Irish businessmen, court toldFINANCIER DEREK Quinlan received €2 million during 2010 to fund his lavish lifestyle from four so-far unnamed Irish businessmen…Sat Apr 21 2012 - 01:00
All's not cricket on playing fields, say English youngstersLONDON LETTER: Cricket can be a cauldron of bullying, with half of those who played saying they had been teased and taunted …Fri Apr 20 2012 - 01:00
Wade's phone was bugged in last months, book saysFORMER NEWS International chief executive Rebekah Wade’s office telephone was bugged by her own company during her last months…Fri Apr 20 2012 - 01:00
Man escaped Traveller site after beating, court toldA MAN allegedly held in servitude by a family of Irish Travellers at a caravan site in England jumped into a canal to escape …Fri Apr 20 2012 - 01:00
Traveller family in court over forced labourA FAMILY of Irish Travellers held homeless men they had falsely promised to pay for work laying tarmac and paving stones as forced…Thu Apr 19 2012 - 01:00
Traveller family accused of exploitationHOMELESS AND vulnerable men were poorly fed, frequently threatened and forced to work for nothing by a family of Irish Travellers…Thu Apr 19 2012 - 01:00
