A Mayo businessman who claims to have the technology to create the world’s first germ-free eggs is seeking €100 million in fundraising to mass-produce eggs for vaccines.

Tullow Oil chief executive Aidan Heavey’s love affair with Africa deepened last week with the announcement that the Irish company is seeking to buy Australian rival Hardman Resources for stg£581 million (€865 million).

Bank of Ireland Asset Management (BIAM) has appointed a successor to Chris Reilly as head of Irish equities, completing the recent process of restructuring at the fund manager.

Anglo Irish Bank has chosen a site in Dublin’s docklands owned by billionaire property developer Liam Carroll as the location for its new headquarters.

Property services group Irish Estates has undergone a period of considerable change over the last 12 months.

Minister for Transport Martin Cullen will ask his European counterparts on October 12 to allow Ireland to proceed with agreeing a new bilateral aviation treaty with the US in the event that talks for a wider EU-US open skies agreement break down.

It’s not quite the bush telegraph, but word of mouth and a few well-placed messages are helping to sell one of the country’s fastest-growing franchise businesses.

It’s make-your-mind-up time for would-be investors in Aer Lingus.

Aer Lingus has shelved ambitious plans for a €500 million redevelopment of its head office at Dublin Airport ahead of its forthcoming initial public offering (IPO).

Bord na Mona is on the verge of paying €55 million for Advanced Environmental Solutions (AES), a private waste-management company.

Richard Burrows, the governor of Bank of Ireland, had a number of urgent items on the agenda at the meeting of the court of directors in London last Tuesday.

Northern Trust is to create more than 200 jobs in Limerick in a major expansion by the US financial services company outside of the International Financial Services Centre in Dublin.

The charm offensive to privatise Aer Lingus is in full swing this weekend, except of course if you happen to be the proverbial ordinary man or woman in the street.

Senior executives at TV3 have acquired a stake of between 7 and 9 per cent in the independent television station following the completion of its acquisition for €265million by Doughty Hanson last week.

CRH has always had an unshakeable faith in the US, so it was no surprise that the Irish company announced last week its largest ever deal with the $1.3 billion (€1 billion) acquisition of Georgia-based company Ashland Paving And Construction (APAC).

Aer Lingus will guarantee the state a limited veto on the possible sale of 25 landing slots at Heathrow Airport in London when the company floats on the stock market later this autumn.

AIB is in talks with Bank of New York to sell its 50 per cent stake in their joint venture-fund administration business for an undisclosed sum.

It’s been a tough year at Dell, the world’s largest seller of personal computers, and last week it got even more difficult.

Horse Racing Ireland (HRI), the state body charged with running the industry, releases its 2005 annual report this week.

Ulster Television (UTV) chief executive John McGann has been keeping a low profile of late, and not just because he is recovering from a shoulder injury sustained while out cycling.