The national children’s hospital board has been accused of hiding the findings of 11 more reviews and audits of the ballooning project’s financial controls and governance after refusing to immediately release the records.

International investment in areas outside of Dublin is in response to real business optimism, not sentimentality and goodwill, Linesight Consultants’ Niall Greene tells Pádraig Hoare.

Consultant firm Linesight said within the 29% of Irish people now renting, two-thirds of that group were aged 25 and 44, one of the highest rates in the EU.

Tax changes and trade tariffs implemented under the Donald Trump presidency have led to major corporations stalling Irish investments, a new report has said.