Believed to be one of the rarest Irish banknotes in existence, an Irish £50 note sold in London today for £27,600, a new world record price.
The Bank of Ireland £50 note, dated May 5, 1827, is probably the only one of its kind in private hands today. It bears the serial number 1362 and is [...]

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Ofcom has announced the six companies that have qualified to bid in the forthcoming auction of radio spectrum for wireless radio services.
The companies bidding for the 4 megahertz of radio spectrum are: AirRadio Ltd; Arqiva Ltd; Motorola Ltd; The Joint Radio Company Ltd; T-Mobile (UK) Ltd and Ventura Team Spectrum One Ltd.
A sealed-bid [...]

The Sunday Independent reported yesterday that the extraordinary glut of houses coming on the Irish market this month has led to widespread falls in the prices being demanded by estate agents.
With nondescript detached houses without garages selling for €1.2m in recent times, in South Dublin, it shouldn’t be surprising that pricing at some point would [...]

Posters depicting by-gone images of Northern Irish tourism are set to go under the hammer in London.
Auction house Christie’s has a catalogue of almost 400 travel and vintage posters for the 14 September sale.
Scenes from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland designed by some famous artists are up for auction.
Many of the posters, which [...]

David Jesse, the managing director at Ebay Ireland, says his company would like to see universal availability for broadband at a low price here as it would make Ebay’s service better. He says that if a person wants to make a living out of being an Ebay seller, broadband makes his business easier and more [...]