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Analysts to upgrade Smurfit Kappa forecasts following jump in earnings

The packaging giant last week reported a 50 per cent increase in its half-yearly earnings

Brussels-listed Aedificia to double size of its Irish portfolio

Investment trust plans to buy and develop more nursing homes and other healthcare properties to a total value of €300 million

CRH agrees $1.9bn acquisition of Barrette Outdoor Living

Barrette reported a profit before tax of $79 million last year, and gross assets of $1.2 billion

T-Pro looking to expand with €60m spend on acquisitions

Irish medtech company runs a transcription-based software business focused on the medical industry

Irish packaging firm Zeus to spend €35m on M&A activity

The company’s operations in Ukraine are operating at between 50-60 per cent of budget, under ‘challenging’ conditions providing essential food packaging to retailers

Version 1 bought by Partners Group in €800m deal

Volpi sells majority stake in company which implements IT systems for large corporates and government departments

Deloitte completes acquisition of data business Etain for undisclosed sum

The professional services firm signalled its intent to acquire Etain in February

Vincent Boland: Reality bites for Big Tech as $40bn deal fails to get past M&A watchdogs

That regulators pounced on the intended sale of strategic British tech firm Arm by SoftBank to Nvidia shouldn’t have come as such a surprise

Vincent Boland: Mergers and acquisitions spree could be the start of something big

This year’s boom in M&A activity worldwide may just be the beginning of a period of corporate restructuring unlike any since the financial crisis

Irish PR firm 360 acquired by US-based FINN Partners

360 was founded by former government advisor Dan Pender in 2011

Mark Goodman acquires Bunalun Organic for undisclosed sum

The food brand was founded in 1999 and achieved revenues of approximately €22 million last year

Mobile firm Ding ‘looking at expansion and acceleration’ with €300m investment

Pollen Street Capital acquired a majority stake in the Dublin business, which will use the money to create 50 jobs and expand further internationally

Martin approves major media deal in which Verizon disposes of Yahoo, Techcrunch and AOL

The Minister for Media made a determination that the merger would not impact the plurality of the media in Ireland

Mail Metrics closes two acquisitions and plans to recruit more staff

Outsourced customer communications company buys Persona and Forth Communication, a move it says will add €12 million a year in revenue

Ocuco plans acquisitions after €10m investment from Isif

The Dublin-based optical software company employs 300 people in 14 countries and has more than 10,000 customers worldwide

Modest rise in Kerry Group shares after Niacet acquisition

€853 million acquisition of global leader in manufacturing preservation technologies only resulted in a 2 per cent lift in Kerry Group shares during morning trading

Two big to fail: will the sale of Davy undermine Irish banking?

Davy Stockbrokers is likely to be bought by Irish Life or Bank of Ireland, and with AIB buying Goodbody, it will create two banking behemoths, raising a number of questions as to what that will mean for the market here

Squaredot research finds Irish ICT acquisition is booming