THE former home of tragic suicide victim Jason Smurfit was sold for €1.41m at a crowded auction room yesterday.
The auction attracted plenty of interest, eventually selling for €310,000 more than the guide price. Five separate bidders got involved in the quickfire auction held in the plush surrounds of the Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel, Killiney, in leafy [...]

Search engine Google is expected to launch an online payment service today that will undercut the charges of established providers such as Ebay’s PayPal in enabling transactions over the web.
Google Checkout will speed the purchase process for consumers and make it easier for advertisers to monitor and complete sales.

The Irish version of eBay, the auction website, is to add Skype voice-calling features onto its website next month in a move the company said would make it easier for buyers and sellers to communicate with each other.
The new service lets sellers include free voice calls over the internet and instant messaging to their listings. [...]

Two properties owned by Queen’s University in Belfast have been sold at public auction for a total of £2.5m.
The first to go under the gavel was an end-of-terrace property at 14-16 Upper Crescent, off University Road. Bidding started at £700,000; however, it quickly soared until a final knock-down of £1.66m.
Consisting of three interconnecting, listed buildings, [...]

A website that has been the scourge of Irish supermarkets for more than two years, monitoring their prices and exposing dubious practices on behalf of shoppers.
Shoppingbill.com, a website that offers consumers free and independent advice, is being sold by its creators due to a lack of resources.
The site is being auctioned on Ebay.ie and the [...]