Having sold 33.8 acres of Limerick residential development land at Castletroy for up to €8.5 million, or €375,000 an acre, agents Savills now have a similar sized 21-acre lot on the other side of the city, price-guided at €200,000 per acre at Mungret.

THE major talking points in this area centres on a split in Fianna Fáil which saw the unprecedented defection of Deirdre Forde to Fine Gael.

TWO companies within the Thomas Crosbie Holdings group - the Irish Examiner and RecruitIreland.com - now hold the prestigious FÁS Excellence Through People Award.