Property Bridges, already very successful in peer-to-peer property finance, has a new commercial lending product for SMEs and property investors

Lagan Group — one of Ireland’s largest cement, building products, and contractors — has been sold for €526m after it completed the sale of most of its business to the London AIM-listed Breedon Group.

A building company has sued Irish Asphalt Limited (IAL) for loss and damage for alleged deceit over putting on the market an in-fill product when it allegedly knew it was “not fit for purpose” and contained excessive amounts of reactive pyrite.

Dermot Desmond heads the list of Irish property investors with a personal fortune estimated at €1.7bn, according to trade magazine Estates Gazette’s rich list.

Three directors of UTV Media plc have left the board of the company.