Flight times to Ireland and temperatures vary hugely in the world’s second-largest country

Average UK house price stood at £196,930 last month — 4.8 per cent higher than year earlier

Prices still supported by shortage of properties for sale on the market

No explosives found on plane diverted from New York-Istanbul route after bomb threat

Report notes the Irish banking market relied on informal connections

At least two dead, eight arrested after police swat teams raid Saint-Denis building

‘Bomb scare’ on Flight 55 from Washington on Boeing Co 777-300 aircraft

Vieira Ltd entered licence agreements which effectively removed houses from VAT net

Hyped privatisation will secure votes of thousands of grateful investors

Burke says he paid €176,000 to Nigerian woman at RTÉ Mission to Prey High Court case

Incredible Edible Todmorde are part of a global gardening revolution

But year-on-year rate of growth was at its highest since December

Problem is particularly acute in London survey shows, where 82% of 20 to 45-year-olds say they will never be able to buy a property

Man and woman planned a Valentine’s Day massacre at Halifax shopping centre

A path follows the most beautiful inlet in Cork Harbour

Entire floor of landmark St Stephen’s Green block now available to rent

Snowden documents reveal how British intelligence target Irish internet traffic

Irish loan specialist to close offices in Belfast, Cork and Limerick as Lloyds sells off more loans

Branches scheduled for closure represent almost 10 per cent of retail network

Deal could see US fund move into mortgage lending following its acquisition of Start Mortgages

France are the national side’s first opponents at Tallaght stadium tomorrow week

Two MPC members vote for rate rise breaking three year unanimity

Initiatives to bring jobs and investment to Dundalk have had some success in recent years

Demand, supported by strengthening recovery, sees prices jump by 3.9% in just one month

Reduction in legacy BoS(I) business will see offices in Galway, Waterford and Sligo close

Aptiv Solutions executes adaptive clinical trials for pharmaceutical and biotech customers

But Halifax surveys conflicts with data last week that indicated house prices were slowing

Ulster Bank staff must be dreading Thursday

Halifax also reports that one measure of affordability has deteriorated to its weakest since crash

Despite spiralling costs, British bank forecast small profit in full-year results due out later this month

Bank of England economist says recovery in housing market is down to improved availability of credit

UK financial regulator uncovered serious failings in bank’s bonus schemes

Minister for Finance confident of new market entrants after withdrawal of ACC and Danske Bank

Concerns that AIB and Bank of Ireland will use dominant position to drive up costs

Bank of Ireland declines after launch of car insurance products

New programme allows people to buy home with deposit of just 5%

Osborne hails sale of 6% stake as a sign that UK economy has turned a corner

As panic rippled across the Atlantic in September 2008, Irish politicians and officials scrambled to contain the domestic crisis

Lender agree to sell Heidelberger Leben to buyout group Cinven and German insurer Hannover Re

Belfast Briefing: A housing charity is struggling to cope with a record demand from local people for mortgage debt advice