The online auction site, eBay, has done a detailed breakdown county by county of the country’s shopping habits.
The site, which was launched in the US 12 years ago and has had a site specific to Ireland for two years, has 500,000 registered users in the country.
Speaking on RTÉ Radio’s Morning Ireland, John McElligott, Managing Director [...]

The Irish Independent reports that the Government will for the first time admit today that tens of thousands of young people are in serious trouble with their mortgages.
A report will reveal that one-third of all new home buyers are signing 35-year 100pc mortgages - some for as much as €500,000.
Such is the level of concern [...]

R.J. Goff & Co and Doncaster Bloodstock Sales (DBS) have announced a merger forming a Bloodstock Auction House that is hoped will become Europe’s Leading Bloodstock Auctioneers.
Goffs is Ireland’s leading Bloodstock Sales Company and DBS is the second largest and fastest growing Thoroughbred Auction House in the UK. This merger follows Goffs taking a [...]

Property web portal Funda Ireland, which last year acquired the Irish Auctioneers and Valuers Institute’s (IAVI) www.realestate.ie website for an initial €1m, said it is to cease operations.
Under the original agreement the IAVI stood to earn a further €5m over a 10-year period based on the performance of the joint venture with Dutch property player, [...]

Sotheby’s Auctioneers are selling the novel, one of only 750 copies that were originally printed, at their English Literature and History sale on 12 July.
The guide price is from £40,000 to £60,000.