More than 2,000 unsold affordable housing units remain on the books of local authorities more than a decade after the property crash and have cost the State over €86 million in debt-servicing costs, reports Eoin-Burke Kennedy.
The homes were delivered during the boom under the Part V planning rules, which obliged developers to set aside a proportion of their developments for social and affordable housing.
Ciarán Hancock reports that Irish business lender Capitalflow has been acquired by Dutch fintech Bunq for an undisclosed fee. The transaction is subject to approval from the Dutch financial regulator.
Digital workflow company ServiceNow is to allow customers to request their European data is hosted and handled exclusively in the EU. The new service is designed to help customers meet compliance obligations, and builds on the existing legal, organisational and technical safeguards already in place. Ciara O'Brien has the details.
Karlin Lillington played the computer game Hangman in the 1960s. Now – given how deliberately-incorporated digital entertainment, gamification and gratification is to how we are exploited in invisibly intrusive, data devouring ways – it turns out that we are the game.
Today's Cantillons discuss the two-tier nature of modern economies; and how despite the turmoil in Haiti following the assassination of its president, little will change there for Denis O'Brien's Digicel.
In her Technology feature this week, Ciara O'Brien guides you through everything you need to know about choosing a smartphone and how to buy the one best suited for you. Ciara also reviews the Huawei Watch 3, which she says marks the start of a new era for the company.
Cavan Digital Hub supports tech entrepreneurs to set up and scale and it's now now home to a mix of start-up and growing digital businesses. Olive Keogh meets three start-ups to discuss their growing enterprises all of which are based in the county.
Olive also talks to new innovator Scaled Rigs who are miniaturising iconic trucks for the toy market.
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