Róisín Burke on business

Could Sean Mulryan be in the frame for St James’s Gate?

Sean Mulryan, chairman and group chief executive of Ballymore Group

I hear that Guinness owner Diageo is gearing up to make a significant announcement in relation to plans for lands around the St James’s Gate brewery close to St Patrick’s Day.

A decision is said to have been largely made to find a developer partner to build a new urban quarter there, with Sean Mulryan’s Ballymore suggested by more than one source I spoke with as a favourite.

No one there or at ...