Religious order's lending arm secures judgment

The social lending arm of the Presentations Sisters' religious order has obtained a judgment worth more than €540,000 against an English businesswoman.

Elizabeth Dawson, alongside her husband John, raised more than €2 million in Ireland for her now-dissolved businesses.

They founded Heron Quality Foods in the late 1990s to produce healthy organic and gluten-free products. In January of this year, Heron and related businesses were struck off and dissolved by the Companies Office, ...