Investment property activity is continuing through to year’s end in and around Cork city centre streets by the Penneys site, which is expected to go forward for planning permission next month for a major redevelopment, after a two-year site assembly

Kildare woman Margaret McDonald, who supplied outfits to Kate Middleton at her firm, has been announced as head of design at Victoria’s Secret as the US lingerie company eyes up global expansion, reports Kyran FitzGerald.

The Business and Finance Awards have taken place in Dublin last night.

Fashion retailer Penneys has bought the Chapel House on Parnell Street in Dublin.

IKEA is on the hunt for locations for new stores in the Republic, raising hopes that hundreds of jobs could be created by the Swedish retail giant.