Shares in Irish fuels-to-healthcare group DCC could hit the £100 (€118) mark within two or three years, Davy Stockbrokers has forecast.

Irish sovereign bonds continue to trade close to record lows, despite opinion polls suggesting a surge in support for Sinn Féin at the start of the final week of the election.

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House prices have flatlined across the country, rising by less than 1% in 2019, according to the latest property report.

Irish business leaders and analysts have hailed the prospects for the UK approving the withdrawal agreement next month but warn that the risk of Brexit disruption may be just delayed for a year.

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe could tap hundreds of millions from surging tax receipts to fund giveaway measures in his budget next week — but much will still depend on the scale of potential health spending overruns for the rest of the year.

Shares in housebuilders Cairn Homes and Glenveagh Properties fell as Davy cut its price targets for the firms, citing a “significant” slowdown in asking prices outside of Dublin.

House prices have fallen by almost 3% over the last three months with the rate of inflation expected to flatline by the end of the year.

EasyJet could emerge as a surprise takeover target in an expected further wave of consolidation in the European airline sector, Davy Stockbrokers has said.

Tax revenues continued to pour into the exchequer last month, easing the pressure on Paschal Donohoe even as a snap UK election and a crash-out Brexit could still undo his October budget plans, analysts said.

Sterling fell against the euro and the dollar as the political machinations in Westminster brought the likelihood of a general election much closer.

Shares in Irish engineering services group Mincon fell nearly 2% on the back of the company's first-half earnings and revenues missing analyst targets.

Shares in Flutter — the betting conglomerate that includes Paddy Power, Betfair, its Australian and now key operations in a newly liberalised US — surged over 6% after it unveiled no nasty surprises in half-year results.

Surging economic activity strengthens the hand of Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe in October’s budget — despite the uncertainties of Brexit, a leading economist has said.

Irish investment funds IPUT and Davy have made two separate swoops on suburban Cork retail assets.

House prices outside Dublin continue to rise, in some cases by double digits, but not as fast as expected.

Paschal Donohoe has nothing in his way to set “a generous” tax package in a possible pre-election budget in October despite the finance minister receiving a scare over disappointing corporate tax revenues last month, a leading economist has said.

Irish housebuilding group Abbey has said operating profit for its latest financial year will be down on the previous 12 months and has given a mixed outlook for the current year.

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe looks set to have ample room for spending rises and tax cuts in his next budget even as the Government cut the growth outlook.

House prices will continue to climb through 2019 with the latest MyHome.ie property report forecasting a 5% increase.

Paddy Power-Betfair’s expansion into the US sports betting market may add as much as €240m to its annual group earnings by 2023, according to Davy.

Ireland’s Kerry Group and France’s Danone are “in the vanguard” of sating global consumer demands for natural foods but they face huge challenges, according to a major report by Davy.