Dundalk FC to launch partnership with Dundalk IT on Monday

Dundalk FC will be holding the launch of their new partnership with Dundalk Institute of Technology on Monday.

The Dundalk FC/DKIT partnership launch will take place at the FAI headquarters in Abbotstown in Dublin and a number of dignitaries and special guests will be in attendance.

The link will be formally launched by FAI President Paddy McCaul and Republic of Ireland first-team manager Martin O’Neill with full details on the partnership being revealed on the day.

Speaking at the event will be Dundalk FC chairman Ciaran Bond, Denis Cummins (DKIT), Paddy McCaul (FAI) and Dundalk FC manager Stephen Kenny.

Jim Corr reaches settlement with ACC Bank

The Commercial Court has been told that a settlement has been reached between Dundalk musician Jim Corr and ACC Bank in relation to a judgment against the musician of €1.4m.

The bank secured the judgment in February 2011, after debts arose following the collapse of an investment business partnership involving Mr Corr.

He had claimed it was unfair that the bank was pursuing him for all the debt, when he had been involved in a partnership with two other men.

In cross-examination in May, lawyers for ACC accused Mr Corr of selling a property in order to put it out of reach of the bank.

The musician was due to face further questioning this morning, but the Commercial Court was told agreement had been reached between the parties.

Lawyers for the bank said the parties had had a “useful engagement” since the last hearing in May, and that details of an “agreement in principle” would be brought before the court this afternoon.