U2’s planned visitor centre for Dublin has been branded "oppressive, intimidating and unattractive" with concerns that it will have “a devastating impact" on the Docklands area and its residents.

The so-called bad bank set up to clear toxic property loans from five banks is to wipe out its €30 billion debt three years ahead of schedule.

Hopes are pinned on luring two more US investment banking giants to Ireland in the coming weeks, as global banks decide on new homes outside London following Brexit.

The Irish senior rowing team are currently fine-tuning performances at a camp in Varese, Italy after a successful opening World Cup event of the season.

Túath, a voluntary housing association, have delivered 565 social homes in 2016 in collaboration with 21 local authorities throughout the country.

Apartment owners in Longboat Quay have been told that if they don’t accept a deal on remedial fire safety works at a special meeting this evening, they will face a bill of up to €1m.

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The Central Bank’s famous Crann an Óir sculpture will remain in its current city centre location after the bank confirmed it would not be seeking to move the landmark to its new headquarters at North Wall Quay.

Two more reports highlighting the potential risks of methane gas emissions and industrial pollutants on lands meant for 3,000 homes in the Dublin Docklands area, raise more questions about the potential costs and speed of building a project aimed at addressing the housing crisis.

Concerns have been raised over the speed, cost, and the number of housing units that can be built under a plan to fast-track the construction of 3,000 homes in the Dublin Docklands area because of the potential threat of harmful landfill gases emitted on the derelict lands.

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An investigation in Longboat Quay has uncovered a major deficiency in the roof which is estimated to cost €1.3m to repair.

Marketing software company HubSpot wants to create a business with “strong Dublin roots” after adding 320 new employees to its Irish workforce and moving into its new office space in the capital’s thriving Silicon Docks.

An Bord Pleanála has given the green light for a new nine-storey office block overlooking the River Liffey opposite the International Financial Services Centre.

A leading UK planning agency has recommended replicating the office of the Dublin Startup Commissioner in towns and cities across the UK to promote and co-ordinate growth in local economies.

Nama is to build 20,000 homes and provide new office space as part of a €5.6bn Dublin Docklands project.

Fledgling broadcaster UTV Ireland’s news staff in the Dublin Docklands were assured yesterday that their jobs were safe after Britain’s ITV confirmed it will buy all of the UTV Media Group’s television operations, but the £100m (€135.9m) deal still faces regulatory hurdles.

The Longboat Quay development was found last year to have major deficiencies. We’ve

Irish entrepreneurs will have access to a global network of partners that should allow them scale at a faster rate after Dogpatch Labs became the first Irish member of Google’s Entrepreneurs Tech Hub Network.

Priory Hall hangs like an impending nightmare over local authorities around the country, writes Michael Clifford

Ireland is among the world’s elite in terms of digital development having consolidated its reputation as one of the key drivers of the global digital economy.

Property investment company Hibernia Reit has acquired an 80-unit apartment complex in Dundrum, south Dublin for €28.05m in an off-market transaction.

In this week’s Q&A Kehlan talks with Graham Barker, owner of a unique business. Graham has started DoSpace in the heart of the Dublin Docklands. In fact, it’s floating in the docks as we speak.

Hibernia Reit yesterday said it had acquired two more properties in the Dublin Docklands for €4.6m. Both are on Lime Street in the South Docks area and are part of the strategic development zone designated by Dublin City Council.

David Cameron is preparing for another term as the UK's Prime Minister, the Limerick woman who along with her young daughter died in a road crash in Poland on Wednesday, had just moved into a new family home in Norway and Memphis Depay has vowed to help bring the glory days back to Old Trafford. These are some of the latest and most read news stories on irishexaminer.com this morning.

Demand for high-quality office accommodation in the sought-after Dublin Docklands shows little sign of abating as one of the final office buildings in the vicinity hits the market with a €75m price tag.

Nama is one of a number of organisations partnering to deliver a €450m development in the Dublin Docklands after planning permission was granted yesterday.

Europe’s busiest online fashion retailer is to create up to 200 jobs in Dublin in the coming years as it attempts to keep pace with its rapid expansion.

The National Asset Management Agency and property company Kennedy Wilson are joining forces to deliver a landmark €200m development in the heart of Dublin’s docklands.

Taxpayers have paid out €1m to cover the initial cost of ensuring the safety of residents in the Longboat Quay apartment block which was found to be a firetrap last year, the Public Accounts Committee heard yesterday.

The replica Jeanie Johnson famine ship, which cost the taxpayer €14m, is now valued at a paltry €150,000, with the visitor attraction haemorrhaging money on an annual basis.

The government-backed Irish Infrastructure Fund (IIF) has been selected as the preferred bidder for the landmark Convention Centre in the Dublin Docklands.

Irish Residential Properties (I-RES) REIT invested €317m in the six months to the end of last year and looks well-positioned to take advantage of a changing rental market in 2015.

A potentially dangerous situation was not addressed in the building of the boom-era Longboat Quay block, writes Michael Clifford

The Construction Industry Federation has said “real and meaningful” construction activity is needed in the Dublin commercial sector to stop a lack of supply from pushing rents above peak Celtic Tiger levels.

The National Asset Management Agency is to redeem another €500m of senior bonds — bringing its cumulative debt redemption to more than €16bn.

Losses at the Windmill Lane Pictures studio narrowed significantly last year as depreciation costs fell and the company continued to look towards export markets for improved profitability.

Plans have been submitted for a €450m property development in the heart of the Dublin Docklands with construction due to get under way early next year.