That construction is to be funded by €16bn in cash held outside the annual spending budget in order to stay inside fiscal space guidelines.

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.

Residential investment platform Urbeo Residential has made three key hires as it continues to expand in Ireland’s busy property market.

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

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.

Greencoat Renewables — the power-generating firm whose shares are listed in Dublin and London — has paid up to €281m to buy out most of the stakes held by Coillte in four wind farms, as the firm expands in Ireland by spending some of the proceeds it raised from the market.

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.

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.

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 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. 

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.

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.

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.

A joint venture between the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund and global investment firm, KKR, will deliver “a material increase in housing supply” after a €500m fund was announced yesterday.

Shares in newly-formed Irish investment firm Malin closed up 6% at the end of its first day’s trading in Dublin yesterday.

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.

Small and medium enterprises will next month have access to €400m worth of funding after the launch yesterday of the long-awaited Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI).

The Government’s investment fund, tasked with supporting economic activity and creating jobs, has invested just over 2.5% of the €6.8bn in available funds in the past nine months.

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

The Government has increased the value of its 99.8% stake in AIB from €11.6bn at the end of 2013 to €13.3bn at the end of last year, according to the NTMA’s annual statement.

The National Pensions Reserve Fund (NPRF) is set to market about €600m in private-equity funds as it redirects investments to benefit the economy, three sources have said.

The Government has launched a strategic investment fund that will be able to tap the €6.4bn pension fund to make commercial investments in the economy.