China’s political leaders are driving business expansion abroad through its One Belt One Road initiative —a development plan focused on boosting trade across Asia, Europe, Middle East, and beyond.

HAVING a major employer, with 2,500 jobs, over the boundary fence is expected to underpin developer/builder confidence in pursuit of 12.5 acres in two fields, fresh to market, at Grange Cross, Ovens, west of Cork City and Ballincollig.

The building bust provided a bonanza for accountancy firms with new figures showing that Nama has paid receivers €115.39m over the past seven years.

The mild winter which has just ended has helped in the ahead-of schedule delivery of these long-awaited NAMA €600,000-plus house sales at Cork’s very upmarket Earls Well scheme at Waterfall.