A project to develop 16 houses in Pallaskenry, Co Limerick, has raised 100% of the €2.4m in funding that it pitched out to peer-to-peer investors just a few weeks ago.

An ice-cream, crepe, and bike hire kiosk in the heart of Cork City is to be the first venture in the city to benefit from an innovate business-funding mechanism.

A Cork businessman is looking for lenders to fund a portion of the refurbishment of a coffee pod, but he is not going to the banks, he is asking his customers.