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.

Shares in drinks group C&C surged nearly 5% on it announcing its intention to delist from the Irish Stock Exchange in favour of a single listing in London.

Pharmacy and healthcare services group Uniphar will use the proceeds of its planned stock market flotation to pay for near-term acquisition targets and to reduce its debt levels.

A stockbroking firm being sued by a credit union over the way €5.3m was invested will not have to hand over reports of an Irish Stock Exchange investigation, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

US stocks rose yesterday , led by a rebound in the technology sector, as Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said the central bank would act as appropriate”to trade war risks, leaving the door open for a possible rate cut.

Shareholders in Irish Ferries-owner Irish Continental Group (ICG) have unanimously backed under-fire chairman John B. McGuckian and supported the group's executive pay policy.

The chief executive of aircraft leasing company Avolon, Domhnal Slattery has resourced and produced a key report on entrepreneurship in Ireland.

The 2018 financial reporting season has now passed and most companies on the Irish Stock Exchange have delivered results that were largely in line with expectations.

The building industry will likely “struggle” to build 20,000 homes this year and may never deliver the 30,000-plus new homes that experts predict are needed to fully meet demand, one of the country’s largest house builders has said.

Exploration company United Oil and Gas is open to a secondary share listing in Dublin, although such a move is not in the company's immediate plans.

Kerry-based financial services and money transfer group Fexco is eyeing more acquisitions to boost its retail foreign exchange outlet business.

Plans to get more women involved at the higher levels of business have been launched.

A statement issued to the Irish Stock Exchange by Anglo Irish Bank, and signed by David Drumm, said customer funding had increased by €1.9bn, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

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.

Most individual wage earners in Ireland would not meet the criteria to apply for a mortgage for a one-bed apartment anywhere in Dublin, while a full-time minimum wage earner would have “little chance” of getting a mortgage for the same type of property in Cork, Galway, or Limerick cities.

Five of the country’s main stockbroking firms are set to share nearly €159m from the sale of the Irish Stock Exchange (ISE).

The Irish Stock Exchange has been sold for €137m.

Shares in Glenveagh Properties rose almost 14% above its offer price on its debut on the Irish Stock Exchange as investors hailed the prospects for an Irish house builder focused on building houses.

The Government has been urged to introduce regulation for crowdfunding to provide protection for potential investors and help facilitate the development of a new financing model for businesses.

Shares in AIB slipped yesterday, on their first day of unconditional trading, but remained more than 7% ahead of the €4.40 price they floated at on Friday.

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.

The Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) is the top-placed Irish SME workplace at the Great Place to Work European Awards 2017.

The Irish Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) held an annual briefing last week, says Joe Gill.

Last week, the Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) launched its second IPO Ready programme which is effectively a boot camp for companies considering a listing on the stock market. 

Irish residential building firm Cairn Homes is backing up its rallying cry for more equity-led builders to drive growth in the housing market by seeking a primary share listing on the Irish Stock Exchange.

Just 130 applicants for the Immigrant Investor Programme have been approved since 2012.

The Irish food industry continues to provide a variety of dynamic and progressive examples of entrepreneurship and business development. 

Shares in Hibernia REIT dipped marginally by 1.01% on the Irish Stock Exchange yesterday as it released its latest trading update covering the period to the end of June 2016.

The Government is on a direct collision course with Europe over demands to allow Ireland maintain special trading links with Britain in the wake of Brexit.

Almost €10bn was wiped off the combined value of Irish shares yesterday, as the Irish Stock Exchange bore the brunt of investors continuing to react negatively to Britain’s decision to leave the EU.

Irish taxpayers were among the biggest losers yesterday as the fallout from the UK’s decision to leave the EU upended global markets and wiped more than €260m off the value of the State’s shareholding in Irish banks.

Irish life sciences and biotech investment firm, Malin has secured €70m in debt funding from the European Investment Bank (EIB).

Former Ryanair finance chief and deputy chief executive Howard Millar is to lead a $5bn (€4.4bn) capital raise being undertaken by aircraft services group Stellwagen.

Just a few days ago the US celebrated what’s known as Tax Freedom Day. It’s promoted by a Washington DC think tank and designed to give people some practical notion of the amount of money the government takes out of the economy each year.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today