The boardroom battle at airports authority, DAA, could be heading for the courts as Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien refuses to sign off on an exit deal for embattled chief executive Kenny Jacobs. Arthur Beesley has the details.

Also in the courts, Ryanair has failed to secure orders seeking the return of documents seized from its Dublin office and used extensively by the Italian competition authority to reach a provisional view the airline had engaged in anticompetitive conduct in that country.

Elsewhere, Musgrave, the retail and wholesale group behind the SuperValu, Centra, Donnybrook Fair and Daybreak brands, made profits of €2.6 million a week last year, as sales hit a record €5.2 billion, writes Hugh Dooley.