ONE of the key founders of the Irish co-operative movement was commemorated this week with ceremonies in Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin, where he is buried, and in Churchtown, north Cork, where he was born 150 years ago.

One51 plc, the investment company formerly known as IAWS Co-op has reported in its annual report operating profits of €9.7m for 2006 and expects this figure to double to €20m this year.

TOGETHER again, Paddy Murray of ERA Paddy Murray and Co, and Denis Riordan of SWS Property Services, have joined up to sell a farm at Farnalough, Newcestown in Co Cork.