Security forces overwhelmed by fire power of Sinaloa cartel after arrest of Ovidio Guzmán

Audit to examine oversight procedures board governance and fraud-reporting systems

Witnesses demand to be compelled to testify in order to provide testimony in Ireland

US government alleges lender was used to handle €273m in cryptocurrency fraud

American Ireland Fund claims former director admitted conduct by ‘pleading the fifth’

Bankrupt developer objects to third contempt ruling in long-running US legal case

Market report: Kingspan leads the way in Dublin with a 3.7% gain

Salguero’s claims revealed in unsealed documents

Bank closed after chairman Ali Sadr charged in US with money-laundering and fraud

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Car maker guilty of emissions cheating lacks proper whistleblower scheme three years on

Department of Agriculture said it was guided by European Food Safety Authority on use of Roundup

California jury has ordered a Bayer subsidiary to pay €254m for not warning of cancer risks posed by its main weed killer

Betting giant expects full year earnings between £460m and £480m

Energy sector proves biggest drag as crude prices falls sharply as supply concerns ease

Most damaging fallout of sit-it-out strategy was five months in maximum-security jail

Market report: Paddy Power Betfair continued its strong run

Mayo family-owned retailing group will double in size

Act gives US ‘nearly unchecked’ power over global digital privacy rights, say critics

Trump claims bureau is politicised and biased against him in Russia investigation

Iseq in positive territory with Ryanair, Paddy Power Betfair and CRH among the gainers

As plane seats continue to shrink, here’s how to avoid the dreaded middle seat

US judge rules against developer after he disobeyed subpoena

Unions launch court challenge to US government decision to grant carrier a permit

Concern for data privacy helps lure firms to Ireland and Leo Varadkar move is damaging

Fifteen of 19 aircraft hijackers who carried out attacks hailed from oil-rich kingdom

Testimony from Deloitte consultant backs up allegations made by Rivada Networks

Chicago Spire backer invested in Liberian group AJA’s bid to enforce $66.5m judgment

Rivada Networks leads consortium seeking to remain as bidder for telecoms contract

The Microsoft case matters enormously as it goes to the very heart of the internet

Lawsuit filed in a US court accuses the Syrian goverment of deliberately killing her

Michael Steven Sandford appears in court after being accused of trying to grab gun

Former chairman Sean FitzPatrick, former chief executive David Drumm and former executive Pat Whelan are all due before the courts

Relatives of Steven Sotloff claim Syria liable as they say it provided support to terrorists