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.

Publicly-quoted property investment fund, Hibernia Reit has acquired a prominent city centre office block in Dublin, for nearly €50m, marking its second major investment inside a month.

PRE-TAX profits at the well-known TV and film editing studio, Windmill Lane Pictures, that helped produce the recent controversial “Bertie in the cupboard” advert, plummeted last year by 84% to €135,570.

THE property company RPIF, which owns the site on which the Topaz oil terminal is positioned on Cork’s South Docklands has confirmed it is preparing a planning application for the commercial development of the area.

ORIGIN ENTERPRISES said strong demand across its food and agri-nutrition divisions delivered a good first year for the group.

IT’S been reported that the public consultation process for the largest ever building project in Cork city — the South Docklands Development plan — has only attracted about 80 submissions from the public.

ON a recent visit to the Cork Vision Centre I noted the recently-published proposals for the redevelopment of the South Docks area of Cork city.