Irish cardiac imaging medtech Luma Vision wins US regulatory clearance
Technology is designed to provide better, more detailed images of the heart for doctors treating cardiac irregularities like atrial fibrillation
Lyft to enter European market with $200m FreeNow acquisition
Acquisition will open doors to expansion in major European cities such as London, Frankfurt, Paris, Milan and Dublin
House prices now nearly 20% higher than at peak of pre-crash property bubble in 2007
Some 3,245 dwellings were purchased in February, down 14 per cent from January, the CSO said.
Tariff relief hopes boost recovery in global stocks
Iseq index up 2.3% as banks move higher, fuelled by positive updates from a trio of US lenders
Insurer RSA Ireland to be renamed Intact Insurance by the end of this year
Irish insurer was acquired as part of the wider group by Canadian entity Intact Financial Corporation in 2021
Kennedy Wilson refinances €472m of Irish apartment portfolio debt
Loans represented 40% of the US property group’s debt due to mature this year
Receiver appointed to builder behind Ivan Yates-linked Cork housing scheme
Ingram Homes pressing ahead with development, according to businessman
Irish headline inflation rises to 2% in March
Higher prices for alcoholic drinks and food drove the slight increase in the annual rate of price growth
China increases tariffs on US goods as US bond sell off accelerates
Oil prices dive in early morning trading after S&P 500 amid savage sell-off in US Treasuries
Health insurer VHI swings back to profit as premium prices rise
State-owned company’s investment portfolio also delivered a surplus last year after two years of losses
Irish mortgage rates continue to fall but remain higher than EU average
New mortgage lending up 22% in February, says Central Bank
DCC Energy chief to depart amid leadership shake up
Conglomerate annodunced plans in November to focus on its energy division
Government grants to Giraffe Childcare doubled under Core Funding scheme
Ireland’s largest childcare group swung to a small loss in 2023 despite rise in Government funding
European shares plunge as markets choke on Trump’s tariffs ‘medicine’
Iseq Overall Index down around 4% as shares banks, food groups and homebuilders drop
Global stocks plunge as Trump says markets will have to take tariff ‘medicine’
Carnage comes as US president tells reporters investors will have to take their medicine