Avolon completes purchase of portfolio of planes in deal worth almost €1.2bn
Acquisition from Castlelake includes a portfolio of 106 aircraft on lease and commitments for 10 new-technology aircraft
Programme for government: Three new junior minister roles to be created, bringing total to record of 23
New Government’s plans criticised by opposition as lacking ambition
Tourism chiefs target bigger spenders to offset Dublin Airport cap
Limit on passenger numbers has already hit capacity from North America by 4% and from Britain by 3%, Alice Mansergh says
Bank of Ireland’s Susan Russell appointed president of lobby group BPFI
Separately, Deloitte Ireland has appointed Kate English as chief economist, which is newly formed role at the group
Six-storey building at One Westmoreland earmarked for a hotel is sold to private investor
Property, which has been on the market since 2022, had an original guide price was €6m but sold for about €5.5m
Global stock indexes fall on fears that Fed may be finished cutting rates
Euronext Dublin lagged international peers as it dropped about 1%, led by builders Cairn Homes and Glenveagh Properties
Housing agency Clúid buys 328-unit residential development in Tallaght for almost €160m
Association putting apartments on market for social housing and its largest ever cost rental scheme
Value of card spending in November up almost 10% annually
Increase in domestic card spending could be attributable to Black Friday effect and early Christmas shopping
Decline in motor trades leads to 1% annual drop in retail sales
Sector showing the highest annual volume growth in November was department stores, which was up 10%
Dyson’s Irish sales plunge by a fifth
Dyson Ireland sells products such as high-end vacuum cleaners, and has a commercial hand-dryer operation here
Irish community in LA pulls together as wildfires rage around it
Irish bar owner says he feared what he had in his bag would be all he would have left in the world as fires neared
Average cost of second-hand homes in Dublin likely to reach €630,000 this year, says DNG
Price inflation of 5%-8% expected by leading estate agent, which also says house sales last year were down 8%
At least €100m in pandemic warehoused debt deemed not recoverable
More than 7,000 businesses that availed of the scheme failed to engage meaningfully with Revenue to address their debt
Permission refused for ‘monstrous’ 881-apartment scheme in Dundrum
An Bord Pleanála raised concerns around architecture impact, flooding, and living conditions for future occupiers
Irish software integration company SL Controls to merge with NNIT this month
The deal, which was sealed in July 2021, included an upfront payment of €12.7m, with a €4.2m earn-out element