Significant write-downs are expected in response to rising interest rates and reduced demand, while values across retail, industrial, logistics, office and residential units could fall between 10 and 20 per cent this year

Significant write-downs in the value of Irish commercial property seem inevitable this year as markets adjust to the changed macro-economic environment

Irish Life, owner of the Velasco Building, is one of two firms objecting to Hibernia Real Estate’s proposed construction of an eight-storey office block on Clanwilliam Place in Dublin 2

Eighteen months on from the Judicial Council report, little progress has been made on the cost of business insurance, while motorists are waiting for greater cuts to their premiums

The property is scheduled for completion at the end of this year, and has been pre-let to Premier Inn under a long-term lease

The state now plans to help shape a European proposal aimed at protecting policy holders in the event of an insurer going to the wall

Suzie Nolan, head of fund management at Aviva, says sustainability is a key focus of the €650 million-plus fund, which is now about to launch the ultra-modern office building 18 Lower Leeson Street in Dublin 2

The Leinster rugby star says action means more than words from corporations and organisations showing support for LGBT people

The acclaimed Dublin eatery will shut up shop on December 31 in the wake of landlord Aviva’s decision to develop the building