China UnionPay, a state-owned payments processing- firm based in Shanghai, has emerged as a potential buyer for Galway-founded financial services firm Fintrax.

There is less than a 10% probability that the euro will break up, but if it did corporate Ireland would be able to cope with the fallout, says Tiarnan O’Mahoney, head of Moneycorp in Ireland.

Interest by Britons in Irish property still remains high despite Ireland’s economic woes, it was revealed today.