Also in the news were exchequer returns, housing, Clerys and employment figures

Payment recorded as ‘interest and fees’ was nearly six times larger than in previous year

Majority of shuttered Dublin store owned by collective asset vehicle

OCS Properties has applied to Dublin City Council for permission to convert store into a hotel, shops, offices and bars

Counsel for D2 and Deridre Foley claim siezure of documents ‘wholly unlawful’ and breach right to privacy

Decision to enter offices and take paperwork was in the public interest after 460 department store staff lost jobs, counsel argues

Inspector alleges decision to wind up company not made independently of applicants

D2 Private owner Deirdre Foley ‘directly involved’ in events preceding redundancies at Clerys, court told

Investment firm D2 Private seeks order after inspectors enter offices and remove laptop

Spire portfolio was for sale for €10m and may be incorporated into famed ex-shop

John Kelly wins two-night stay in Double Tree by Hilton hotel in central London

As well as Cheyne’s Clerys man, Lycée Lakanal’s past pupils include Jacques Chirac, Voltaire and Victor Hugo

Legal experts will examine situations where company’s assets are split from operating entity

The battle of the supermarkets, property prices, Irish Water and revelations about Volkswagen dominated headlines in 2015

Property investor Deidre Foley’s D2 Private reports loss of €775,000 for last year

D2 Property Management due to be wound up in September next year

Scheme to protect existing shops of ‘significance’ such as Clerys

Who’s who in the sale of iconic department story

Liquidator to Clerys operating company to hold meeting of creditors

Around two dozen ex-staff urge management to meet them over outstanding wages

Conference condemns ‘shameful and callous treatment’ of department store’s workers

Company law adequate to deal with issues arising from liquidation

No objection to move, creditors meeting to take place in August

Group had sought to block appointment of KPMG liquidators due to conflict of interest

Concession holders considering High Court move to oppose appointment of liquidators

Accounts show company loss of €1.1m in the year to end of January 2015

Minster says no law can stop capitalism ‘operating in the way it does’

Liquidated OCS Operations Ltd which ran store made loss of just over €2m in same period

Group says rejuvenation will lead to 1,700 new jobs but staff say proposals ‘wishy washy’

Minister of State for Jobs Gerald Nash says store closure ‘very shocking’

People could be heard crying inside the store, one business owner said

Gordon Brothers had split the Clerys business into two parts – a property company which owns the building and an operating entity which ran the store

Enda Kenny says company law review group might look at sale of retailer

‘Companies are ridiculously easy to set up, yet are granted all the enormous, attendant privileges of limited liability’

About 500 gather to condemn treatment of 460 people formerly employed in store

Protest in support of workers held outside Dublin store as KPMG meets union officials

About 50 companies seek May takings and release of stock

Company a joint venture between Foley and London investment and hedge fund business

Staff protest outside landmark Dublin retailer after loss of 460 jobs