Robin Dawson picked up the biggest prize in his professional career to date and with it the motivation to make his appearances on the European Tour a lot more regular.

Having just made the cut yesterday, Waterford's Robin Dawson has shot up the leaderboard on day three of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open.

New York-based global insurance giant MetLife has made its first foray into the Irish market, providing €131m in loans to property investment firm Kennedy Wilson to finance four residential assets in the greater Dublin area.

International property investment firm Kennedy Wilson has — via its London-listed Europe Real Estate fund — invested a further €45m in the Irish market by acquiring significant assets from both Nama and the IBRC.