Colm Keena

3 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Colm Keena

A property on St Stephen’s Green – Dublin’s largest and oldest square, dating back to the 1660s – is one of the most-sought-after addresses in the capital. The buildings on “the Green” are owned today by global asset management groups, Irish businesses, wealthy Irish families, private clubs, churches, universities and the State, an investigation by The Irish Times shows.

3 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Colm Keena

A shopping centre and an office development in Kyiv formerly owned by businessman Seán Quinn have been sold by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC) to an Israeli businessman with operations in Ukraine. The properties – the Leonardo business centre and the Ukraina shopping centre – were sold for a price between €40 million and €50 million, substantially below the €70 million to €80 million they were worth when the IBRC first got legal control over the assets, according to sources.

3 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Colm Keena

There is no evidence to support the claim that private sector nursing homes provide poorer care than public ones, a spokesman for the private and voluntary nursing home sector has said. Tadhg Daly, Chief Executive of Nursing Homes Ireland was speaking in the wake of an RTÉ programme on two Irish nursing homes run by French multinational Emeis. The undercover documentary alleged serious failings in the care being delivered.

3 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Colm Keena

Businessman Colm Wu has been warned by a judge that failure to comply with court orders can have “very serious repercussions” including the potential for imprisonment or fines. Mr Wu was present on Wednesday when his case came before Mr Justice Mark Sanfey in the Commercial Court. The businessman’s hospitality and property group is in difficulty and Revenue has appointed receivers to some of his assets.

3 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Colm Keena

The State’s efforts to investigate the murder of Denis Donaldson in Glenties, Co Donegal, in 2006, are “simply not working” and a statutory inquiry is needed, a spokesman for the family has said. The Donaldsons want a cross-Border process that would identify not just “who pulled the trigger” but also “who may have pulled the strings,” said family solicitor Enda McGarrity. Donaldson was a former IRA member who worked in the Sinn Féin Stormont offices.