The IDA is likely to face much more pressure in attracting inward foreign investment in the next few years, with its chief executive saying "significant downside risks" will exist over its next five-year strategic cycle.

The agri-services group Origin Enterprises says it has reached “conditional agreement” for the disposal of up to 31 acres of land it owns on Cork’s south docklands in to O'Callaghan Properties for up to €47.5m.

88% of people feel that Brexit is not having an impact on their saving decisions, a survey has found.

A cynic, according to Oscar Wilde’s Lord Darlington, is “a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing”.

Research commissioned by the Irish Tourism Industry Confederation (ITIC) said Government had to match the level of private investment in tourism in the regions post-Brexit.

Premier Inn owner Whitbread has unveiled plans to return another £2 bn (€2.28bn) to investors following its Costa Coffee sale and slash costs by a further £220m (€251m).

The firm said its fixed network investment programme would provide coverage to another 1.4 million premises with speeds of up to 10 Gbps.

Drogheda in County Louth has been identified as one of Europe's emerging 'micro-cities'.

Gold broker GoldCore has just transported what is believed to be the largest movement of gold bullion into Ireland amid concerns over Brexit.

Royal London has been given approval to transfer over £1 billion worth of assets to Ireland as the fund manager steps up its Brexit contingency planning.

Pension adviser Mercer has stepped up its warning for trustees of Irish pension funds, saying the year ahead promises to be "challenging" for investors amid “tectonic frictions in the global world order”.

The ESB has entered an agreement to co-develop two planned offshore wind farms in the Irish Sea, marking its first such investment in Ireland.

The main two companies supported by State-backed drug development investment firm Malin are expected to float by the end of next year.