Irish Strategic Investment Fund

Future of Genuity’s Irish DNA database is worryingly uncertain

State controversially funded private sector initiative to leverage DNA samples from Irish people for profit

Thu Sept 07 2023 - 05:00

Malin’s intrinsic value per share drops 36% as key investment slides

Life sciences investment company returned €140m to investors earlier this year by way of share buyback

Wed Sept 06 2023 - 14:07

ISIF invests €65m in Al Gore’s climate fund

State-backed fund is one of the founding investors in Just Climate’s inaugural $1.5bn fund

Thu Jun 08 2023 - 08:07

Aer Lingus agrees further €200m debt facility with ISIF

Regional carrier Emerald Airlines has also agreed €6m debt facility to fund expansion

Tue Mar 22 2022 - 12:47

New €90m seed fund to ‘help create the next Irish tech unicorns’

Irish Innovation Seed Fund aims to help at least 45 Irish start-ups to go global

Wed Feb 09 2022 - 14:30

New €90m fund for Irish start-ups to be unveiled

Irish Innovation Seed Fund will be financed by Department of Enterprise and other organisations

Wed Feb 09 2022 - 05:11

DNA-gathering company Genuity saw losses rise prior to sale

Company reported a sharp fall in revenues due to impact of Covid restrictions last year

Fri Dec 31 2021 - 16:44

Europe’s stocks ends lower, halting record rally

Germany, France, Swiss stocks retreat from record highs

Thu Nov 18 2021 - 18:59

State’s Bank of Ireland stake falls below 9%

Bank’s return to private ownership is accelerating

Thu Nov 18 2021 - 15:51

State’s stake in Bank of Ireland dips below below 10%

A notice to Irish Stock Exchange shows that by Friday, State had cut its holding to 9.95%

Wed Oct 27 2021 - 18:44

Genuity says Irish DNA database will still be managed locally after sale

State’s Isif fund says value of its stake has been impacted by pandemic and other factors

Tue Aug 17 2021 - 15:32

Revenues at DNA collection company Genuity rise to €21m

Formerly Genomics Medicine Ireland, firm has been at centre of several controversies

Tue Jun 01 2021 - 18:36

Large percentage of new-builds may be reserved for first-time buyers under new plan

Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien is set to bring the plans to Cabinet on Tuesday

Sun May 16 2021 - 13:33

Vernon and ISIF back €7m funding round for Urbanvolt

Stephen Vernon takes 10% stake in energy lighting business and will become chairman

Tue Oct 13 2020 - 05:12

State goes big in effort to help businesses struggling through shutdown

The need for new legislation could delay some measures, including credit guarantees

Sat May 02 2020 - 15:04

NTMA boss calls for decision on selling down State bank holdings

Agency says money should be used to pay down Ireland’s outsized debt burden

Wed Feb 26 2020 - 11:05

Finance Ireland lures BoI's Karena O’Sullivan as CFO

Appointment comes as lender eyes initial IPO as soon as next year

Tue Sept 10 2019 - 05:25

INM hack longer than suspected, developers cut back on homes

Seen and Heard: State loses nearly $1m on Digicel as value of its bonds at record low

Sun Jul 07 2019 - 14:21

Irish VC group Fountain Healthcare Partners raises €118m

Group beats €100m target and intends to invest the bulk of the fund in Europe and US

Thu May 23 2019 - 20:21

Urbeo Residential bolsters management team with three key hires

Richard Ball exits Hibernia Reit to become partner at €1bn build-to-rent platform

Wed May 22 2019 - 00:20

Finance Ireland grows profit by 27% after record new lending

Non-bank lender says pre-tax profit rose to €10.5m in 2018

Mon Mar 25 2019 - 05:55

Tetrarch Capital in talks with US investor Starwood

Joint venture would replace the Irish-owned hotelier’s plan for a public floatation

Fri Feb 01 2019 - 07:21

Hospital investigates release of DNA samples to research firm

Genomics Medicine Ireland says it cannot identify participants in children’s hospital study

Mon Jan 28 2019 - 16:15

Genomics research: Chinese group to lead $400m investment

Genomics Medicine Ireland intends to recruit 600 people over the next five years

Tue Nov 27 2018 - 06:00

Spend ‘rainy day’ money on housing, says Labour

Labour, Greens and Social Democrats launch alternative budgets ahead of Budget 2019

Thu Oct 04 2018 - 21:46

Cliff Taylor: The party’s nearly over when it comes to cheap debt

It is time for Ireland to run a surplus and sell some of its remaining bank shares

Wed Jul 11 2018 - 05:15

The who’s who of fintech to gather in Dublin for MoneyConf

More than 5,000 people expected to attend Web Summit’s sister event at the RDS

Thu Jun 07 2018 - 05:30

Fianna Fáil proposes new State body to build 90,000 homes

Agency would be established for three years to offer ‘shock treatment’ to housing market

Fri Jan 12 2018 - 01:00

Why it makes good sense to have a rainy day fund

Ireland’s position remains vulnerable, despite the enormous progress of recent years

Sat Dec 30 2017 - 05:00

First Auto agrees €30m deal with Citroën distributor in Ireland

Company backed by State investment fund to provide funds dealers need to buy vehicles

Mon Nov 27 2017 - 05:15

Government needs to pursue a proper pension investment strategy

Investing for old age is crucial or the pension bill will be a major burden for future generations

Fri Nov 24 2017 - 06:45

Budget 2018 main points: everything you need to know

Cost of 20 cigarettes will increase by 50 cents but duties on alcohol remain untouched

Sat Oct 14 2017 - 10:05

Rise in commercial stamp duty to help fund €1.1bn budget

Threshold for higher rate of income tax could rise by €750 with significant State spend planned

Tue Oct 10 2017 - 01:00

Kabbage raises $250m after establishing patch in Ireland

Company, which recently set up locally, secures major investment from SoftBank

Thu Aug 03 2017 - 15:05