The luxury Government jet sold to a US firm in January 2015 for just €418,000 without any formal cost assessment is now insured for $5m

HSBC Holdings is discovering that the oil crash extends far beyond the deserts of the Gulf, the plains of west Texas, and the shale fields of North Dakota. Even Petroceltic, the small energy company in Dublin, can inflict pain.

Galway-headquartered medical devices company Creganna Medical has been sold for $895m (€821.3m) in an all-cash deal.

The historic Victoria Hotel on Cork city’s St Patrick’s Street has been sold, 18 month after it went to market for sale by tender.

A publicly owned landbank which has lain idle for six years is finally set to be sold, paving the way for the development of a primary healthcare centre.