An Irish arm of international specialist insurer Fidelis has secured permission from the High Court in London to be joined as a defendant in a $3.5bn (€3.2bn) claim initiated last year by Dublin-based aircraft leasing firm AerCap.
The widow of the co-founder of Seamus FitzPatrick’s multi-billion euro Capvest private equity group is suing the firm in London for alleged breach of contract, the Irish Independent has learned.
Guinness drove a 20pc net sales increase in Ireland for Drinks group Diageo in the second half of last year, as growth soared above pre-Covid levels.