The country’s only indigenous insurer FBD has warned of further premium rises across its business this year after an “exceptionally difficult” 2015 saw it record an €85m pre-tax loss.

Smartphone maker BlackBerry has abandoned its bid to sell itself and is replacing its chief executive.

A US-based property investment firm has acquired Dublin’s converted Gasworks building in Ringsend for €40 million, an average of €190,000 per unit.