Northern Finance Minister Máirtín Ó Muilleoir has said Northern Ireland’s entire political system has been corrupted by the £1.24bn Project Eagle property sale.

Crowdfunding has yet to gain traction in the Irish market partly due to a lack of regulation which is in stark contrast to the progressive approach of UK authorities, a new report has found.

Debt forgiveness on some outstanding SME loans will be required to deal with the debt crisis, a Dáil committee was told yesterday.