The Irish Times reports that Myhome.ie, the property portal owned by the main estate agents, may be sold following a strategic review to be carried out by a leading corporate finance house.
It is understood IBI Corporate Finance has started examining the business with a view to recommending future strategic options. A sale or further expansion [...]

ONE of the biggest collections of Scottish art to come on the market for a generation went under the hammer at the Edinburgh auctioneer Lyon and Turnbull last night.
The Drambuie company’s collection of Scottish art, including 160 paintings, was expected to fetch £2 million or more.
The collection, with works ranging from the 18th-century landscape painter [...]

The Swedish retailer Ikea has announced it wants to build a major outlet near Belfast, creating 400 jobs.
The firm said it intends to seek planning permission for a “major store” at the Holywood Exchange site, near Belfast City Airport.
The company said it expected a further 100 jobs would be created in outsourced services such [...]

A ferry that transported passengers and luggage onto the ill-fated Titanic, was sold for scrap metal and used as a restaurant may get one more life tomorrow when it goes on the auction block.The Nomadic, a 221ft ferry currently docked in the northwest port of Le Havre, will be put up for auction in Paris [...]

Online auctioneer QXL Ricardo showed signs of recovery today after it revealed a 53% rise in revenues and a sharp reduction in losses.The auctioneer – once tipped as Europe’s answer to eBay – is expected to announce its first annual pre-tax profits since 2003 when it post results later this year.Chief executive Mark Zaleski said [...]