Brokers selling mortgages, insurance, or market investments in Ireland will be banned from accepting free sporting and social tickets from financial firms under a crackdown by the Central Bank it emerged over night. Eddie Hobbs suggests this is a big step in the right direction but more needs to be done.

I have been quite puzzled for some time about just how complacent the markets have been about the prospects of a disorderly Brexit.

Big pharma is having a big tobacco moment as litigation over opioids attract star lawyers and a growing list of US states and local governments seeking their own multi-billion payout to deal with costs of a burgeoning US drug epidemic.

Ireland is set for a robust recovery next year, according to stockbroking firm Davy.

Drugs-based companies propped up the FTSE 100 Index today as blue-chip shares finished slightly down at the end of an uncertain session.