Seen & Heard: IBRC takes on Gay Byrne

Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC) has launched a multimillion- euro legal action against the broadcaster Gay Byrne and members of his family, reports the Sunday Business Post.

IBRC, formerly Anglo Irish Bank, last week filed papers seeking a summary judgment against the Clonskeagh Partnership, a property syndicate set up by Byrne and his family, in the High Court over debts in excess of €2 million.

Byrne was one of several high-profile clients of Derek Quinlan, the former tax adviser who set up a number of lucrative property deals during the boom.

The former Late Late Show host invested in several properties in the Dublin docklands and as well as a hotel in Budapest.

Goodman buys clinic debt

Beef baron

Larry Goodman

is set to take majority control of private hospital the

Blackrock Clinic

after buying debt secured on the 28 per cent stake of co-founder

Joseph Sheehan

, according to the

Sunday Times

.

Mr Goodman bought the loans from the IBRC special liquidators, Kieran Wallace and Eamonn Richardson of KPMG. A Goodman family trust already controls 29 per cent of the clinic.

A Goodman-controlled company, Breccia, has also bought debt secured on a further 8 per cent of the clinic owned by Benray, a company controlled by property investor John Flynn.

Comers eye €1.5bn

project

Galway developers the Comer brothers hope to spend €1.5 billion on developing 3,000 homes, manufacturing space and a science park on land between Dublin Airport and the M50 motorway, according to the

Sunday Independent

.

Luke Comer and his brother Brian have not yet secured planning for the development but say they intend to start building immediately if it is granted.