M&A deals surge in Q2 – The Irish Times

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Deals such as Blackstone’s €800 million deal for data centre company Winthrop Technologies have boosted the value of the Irish market mergers and acquisitions activity in the three months ended June 30, new data shows. There were 108 mergers and acquisitions involving Irish companies in the second quarter of this year, according to stockbrokers Davy, a figure that was 21 per cent higher than the 89 deals in the previous three months. Barry O’Halloran reviewed the data.

The pub is becoming more and more a part of the Irish culture. housing solution. Almost 100 closed catering establishments are being converted into homes under the current government scheme targeting empty commercial properties. They are among 1,165 more general commercial properties that have been given special planning exemptions since the special regulations came into force in 2018, and the pace of their use could lead to the provision of as many as 2,700 homes across Ireland. Reports Mark Hilliard.

Staying with housing, the government is faced with challenge to hit its housing targets for the year, despite data showing a rise in new home construction, one expert predicts. Construction was flat overall in July, signaling a “stabilisation” in the industry, according to the BNP Paribas Real Estate Ireland Construction Purchase Managers’ Index (PMI). Barry has the details.

Investors ploughed some €218 million into Irish companies in the three months to the end of June, according to a new report. Venture capitalistswho support new and growing businesses in the hope of high returns, stepped up their operations in the Republic in the second quarter of this year, according to accountants KPMG. Barry reports.

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