Greencoat Renewables, the State-backed wind farm operator, has said it is currently "reviewing" a number of acquisition opportunities in mainland Europe.

A Cork-based lender has launched an initial €35m fund aimed at growth-orientated SMEs.

Last week I attended an evening for a group of Munster-based companies that met to debate funding options for their future growth.

Advanced genomic analysis will transform how we practice medicine and how doctors will treat patients, from prevention to cure, says Prof Owen P Smith.

US drug development firm Poseida Therapeutics - of which State-backed investor Malin owns approximately 25% - has been tipped by analysts to fetch €1bn by way of a takeover next year.

Ireland has been selected as the location for a European funded testing site for offshore 'floating' wind farms, which are seen as a cheaper and more efficient way of generating renewable energy from wind.

Cork County Council, in a countywide first, has set up a joint venture company aimed at providing major infrastructure projects which will aid the provision of public and affordable housing.

OUR budgets are nothing like they used to be. We have much to be thankful for in that. But, like an addict that keeps putting off full sobriety until tomorrow, we remain somewhat in la la land if we think we’re fully paid up members of the fiscal reality club.

The Port of Cork has confirmed it has got the backing of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) for the multimillion-euro redevelopment of Tivoli docklands for new houses, offices and shopping centres.

Despite what some media commentators have suggested about the lack of detail contained therein, the Summer Economic Statement released by the Department of Finance this week is not meant to be a detailed breakdown of what the minister for finance will deliver on the fiscal front, writes Jim Power.

Work has begun on an €80m upgrade of the Port of Cork’s container-handling facilities at Ringaskiddy, which are expected to be fully operational within the next two years.

INVESTMENT sales at Cork Airport Business Park are lining up for take-off, and landing, with increased regularity.

Dublin PR firm Gordon MRM has beaten off competition from two other firms to retain its high profile public relations contract with the Government agency Nama.

Paschal Donohoe’s first budget was a bit like The Late Late Show — something for everyone in the audience, a stand-still patchwork quilt that is prudent and sober but lacking in ambition. It tinkers at the edges but fails to offer an overall vision for the future.

The Government has billed the country's new budget as a national response to new risks and opportunities.

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has attempted to frame budget 2018 as a financial plan focussed on protecting hard-pressed households, acting to tackle the housing crisis and to create new defences from the Brexit fallout.

The Government has billed the country's new budget as a national response to new risks and opportunities.

The Ministers from the various departments have given their press briefings on what the Government has billed as a budget developed as a national response to new risks and opportunities.

There has been a big increase in loan refusals from banks to SMEs, the body representing the sector claims.

Plans by Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe to spend €500m in his first budget in October will be the smallest amount spent since the end of austerity at a time when spending demands from business and political groups has increased.

Energy infrastructure company Greencoat Renewables is aiming to raise up to €250m from a dual stock market listing in London and Dublin in order to fund its growth objectives.

A stalled gas supply project proposed for the south-west is now back on track over energy concerns arising from Brexit.

University College Cork president Patrick O’Shea used the inaugural Cork University Business School conference to announce plans to build a business school in Cork City centre that will be one of the biggest in the country.

The Government has cut the value of AIB by a modest €900m, in a move that may signal it still eyes selling a stake in the lender at the first opportunity.

A huge downward revision by the UK government of its bailed-out banks has once again put a spotlight on the over-valuation of AIB and other banks here on the State’s books.

A joint venture between Ireland and the US is likely to have committed close to €120m in capital to housebuilding projects here by the end of the year.

Irish firms drew down €172m in lower cost loans from the government’s SME financing fund in its first 10 months in operation.

The State’s investment fund pumped €300m into Irish Water last year to “fill a gap” and satisfy the utility’s private funding partners, according to its director.

Bank of Ireland looks set to resist pressure to cut its most expensive mortgage rates despite growing political pressure and significant moves by its biggest competitor earlier this week.

Traditional lending institutions such as banks have been accused of doing a poor job in understanding the nature of the agri-food sector.

Technology fund Atlantic Bridge is targeting investments in up to 20 companies across Europe after the first close of its new €140m fund.

The recent announcement by Glanbia of the rollout of flexible, competitively priced loans to dairy farmers, entitled the “MilkFlex Fund”, could be a game changer for Irish farmers.

Question: Can you briefly set out what legislation you, in government, would put forward to address the ongoing housing crisis and in particular the issues of homelessness, rising rents and the inability to get started on the housing ladder.

Chinese investors are paying $400m (€378m) for a stake in the group that owns soccer clubs including Manchester City and New York City FC, the country’s most significant overseas investment in the game.

Professional services giant Capita Asset Services is planning to increase its Irish-based workforce by 200 people inside the next two years on the back of a growing project portfolio and general growth in the economy.

The Government has been urged to scrap plans to cut taxes in next month’s Budget, with one economic think-tank saying it risks widening the gap between rich and poor.