In Short

A round-up of today's other stories in brief.

A round-up of today's other stories in brief.

Revenue wins costs in case over tax list

The Revenue Commissioners have secured the legal costs of an unsuccessful High Court application by a man and woman to bring, on an anonymous basis, proceedings aimed at restraining their names from being published by Revenue in a list of tax defaulters.

The applicants, one of whom has since been named as orthopaedic consultant Brian Hurson, of Nutley Avenue, Dublin, and a woman, had initiated proceedings seeking to restrain the Revenue Commissioners from publishing details of a €1.1 million settlement.

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However, the case did not proceed after Mr Justice Frank Clarke rejected preliminary arguments that the applicants be permitted to bring the action on an anonymous basis.

When the issue of costs was being address yesterday, counsel for the applicants opposed the Revenue's application for costs against them.

Mr Justice Frank Clarke ruled it was an appropriate case for costs to be awarded to the Revenue.

Man remanded on murder charge

A Co Tipperary man who is charged with murder and arson has been remanded in custody to appear before Clonmel District Court next month.

John Paul Buck, of Heywood Close, Clonmel, is charged with the murder of Fergus Roche on October 1st, 2005. Mr Buck is also charged with arson.

In Clonmel District Court yesterday, Judge Terence Finn heard a Garda application to remand Mr Buck in prison until February 12th, when a book of evidence will be served.

Ashcoin gets interim examiner

A High Court judge has appointed an interim examiner to an electrical and mechanical sub-contracting firm employing 126 people.

Ms Justice Mary Finlay Geoghegan yesterday appointed Declan Taite, of Farrell Grant Sparks, as examiner to Ashcoin Ltd, with a registered office at Bellevue Industrial Park, Glasnevin, Co Dublin, after being told it was believed the company had a reasonable survival prospect.

The court was told its turnover for 2006 was €16 million, and that was expected to rise to €18 million for 2007.

The company experienced difficulty after entering into an arrangement with a company called Mech Tec last year under which Ashcoin took over the employment of all of Mech Tec's employees to provide mechanical engineering services to Ashcoin's customers. That resulted in a loss of €1.62 million and adverse cash flow.