Organisation: Irish Strategic Investment Fund

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

<p>Figures for last year show work began on 27,000 new homes, well short of annual targets. Stock picture: Denis Minihane</p>

economy

Housing shortage is impacting Ireland's attractiveness – IBEC

Business group proposes measures that would cut the cost of a new home by €30,000

news

Election 2020: Housing, Tax, Health, Climate, Law and order, Education - Where the parties stand on the issues

news

Labour: We will build 18,000 homes in one year

business

Urbeo on rise in soaring rental property market

ourview

Rainy Day Fund: Our backstop is very prudent

columnists

Digging ourselves a dangerous hole with peat extraction policy

Our cherished identity is blown to the four winds if we remain wedded to the fossil fuel industry, writes Victoria White.

Thu, 12 Jul, 2018

Investors can deliver ‘shovel-ready’ road and rail projects

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

Wed, 31 May, 2017

More to IPOs than you think

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. 

Wed, 17 May, 2017

Malin shares rise as it buys stake in UK drugs firm

Shares in Irish life sciences and biotech investment firm, Malin Corporation, rose 4% as it bought a 33% stake in UK company, Wren Therapeutics, which is focused on drugs used to fight Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease.

Tue, 17 Jan, 2017

Kyran Fitzgerald: Banks stuck in the dark ages over SME lending

We are in recovery and have been for some time. Asset prices are on the up yet when it comes to relationships with the owners and managers of small to medium sized businesses (SMEs), our lending institutions appear to be stuck in the dark, recent past.

Mon, 19 Dec, 2016

C&AG report: Health the chief culprit in overspend of €1bn; Serious misgivings over Direct Provision

Our team of reporters dissect the C&AG report and look over the latest findings.

Sat, 01 Oct, 2016

Professional Insurance Brokers Association: 1 in 3 approvals won’t be drawn down

A huge year-on-year surge in mortgage approvals in the three months to the end of August will have little effect on many borrowers’ situations and fail to sufficiently lift actual lending, according to the Professional Insurance Brokers Association (PIBA).

Wed, 28 Sep, 2016

Cork Chamber calls for investment over tax cuts

The Government must use Budget 2017 to make up for years of underinvestment by prioritising capital investment over tax cuts, according to Cork Chamber of Commerce.

Thu, 25 Aug, 2016

Irish life sciences and biotech investment firm Malin secures €70m funding

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

Fri, 24 Jun, 2016

SME interest rates remain elevated

Irish SMEs are continuing to pay over the odds to access funding, despite minor decreases in the cost of credit over the past year.

Wed, 22 Jun, 2016

AIB sale stalled by poll impasse

The State valued Allied Irish Banks at €11.7bn at the end of last year, but any decision about scrapping or going ahead with an initial sale of shares in the bank is likely to be frozen for many months in the absence of a new government.

Fri, 25 Mar, 2016

State must wait for €335m from IAG for Aer Lingus stake

It could be years before any of the €335m the State received from IAG for its stake in Aer Lingus is put to use in improving the country’s connectivity, it has emerged.

Tue, 22 Dec, 2015

High cost of financing preventing house building

The cost of financing is creating an unviable house building market that is exacerbating the shortage of homes in major urban areas, according to new research.

Wed, 21 Oct, 2015

Malin in record bio-tech spend

Irish investment firm Malin has invested $80m (€73m) in UK biotechnology firm Immunocore as part of Europe’s largest ever life sciences-focused funding round.

Fri, 17 Jul, 2015

Malin invests €31m in Melinta Therapeutics

Life sciences-focused investment firm Malin has invested $35m (€31m) for a minority stake in US-based drug development firm Melinta Therapeutics.

Thu, 11 Jun, 2015

Prime time to invest in agri-food sector

On Friday next, June 12, our company and Enterprise Ireland is hosting its second Irish Agrifood Investor Summit in Dublin. This year it is targeted at companies and co-ops especially the SME sector.

Wed, 10 Jun, 2015

Management closes buyout of Carroll Cuisine

A private equity-backed management buyout of Carroll Cuisine believed to value the company in the region of €40m, has been completed.

Wed, 01 Apr, 2015

Strategic fund invests €50m ahead of Malin flotation

The Government’s investment fund aimed at supporting economic activity and creating jobs across the country has made an Irish-headquartered life sciences firm the first beneficiary of its investment programme.

Wed, 25 Mar, 2015

AIB 4.5% loan open to farms

AIB has confirmed that many farmers are eligible for its 4.5% interest rate new funding of €200m for Ireland’s small and medium enterprises .

Thu, 05 Mar, 2015

Hard cash for nation’s SMEs - Good news for jobs

THERE was more good news on the jobs front yesterday in a loan package worth €400m for Ireland’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

Fri, 20 Feb, 2015

€85m VC fund to support Irish life sciences sector

Enterprise Ireland has invested €15m in a new life sciences venture capital fund that has the potential to create 1,000 Irish jobs.

Sat, 10 Jan, 2015

Cautious welcome for new bank

Business could benefit from a new strategic bank but there are a lot of other factors in play here, writes Kyran Fitzgerald.

Mon, 02 Jun, 2014

New bank to make €500m of credit available to SMEs

Ireland is setting up a new state bank to pump hundreds of millions of euro into struggling small businesses.

Thu, 22 May, 2014

€7bn plan could create 80,000 jobs

A €7 billion scaled multi-year investment — in a number of key socio-economic areas — could have the power to generate over 80,000 new jobs, boost the Government’s annual tax take by nearly €3bn and provide annual economic growth.

Mon, 02 Sep, 2013