An incredible 400,000 visitors are expected to visit Ennis next month, over the nine-day run of the 2016 Fleadh Cheoil: in terms of context for size and scale, that’s four times the number of visitors expected at this week’s Dublin Horse Show.

Expansion costs and a €1.25m write-off in a subsidiary resulted in discount retailer Euro General going into the red last year.

A large retail unit in the heart of Cork city’s North Main Street, with a distinctive cut limestone front facade has come up to let.

Irish people will spend around €41m on Halloween, with half saying the festival was as much for adults as it is for children.