Hammerson, the owner of shopping centres in Britain and Ireland, named insurance giant AIG executive James Lenton as its new finance chief, months after saying Timon Drakesmith would step down from the role this year.

Campaigners have called on the Government not to try to overturn a judge's ruling which expanded the Moore Street national monument site.

With two and a half weeks of school holidays, Jonathan deBurca Butler suggests now is a great time to take a trip to Dublin where a plethora of 1916-inspired exhibitions and events are taking place

The announcement that the State has finally purchased the derelict 1916 National Monument at 14 to 17 Moore Street, greeted by some as a giant leap forward, raises serious and fundamental questions that need now to be addressed in the public interest: