British utility Scottish & Southern Energy has joined in the auction of Irish wind farm operator Airtricity.
Last month, Airtricity said it had hired Credit Suisse and NCB as financial advisers to help with the sale of its European assets after the sucessful $1.4 billion sale of its North American operations to Germany’s E.ON AG.
The Sunday [...]

A charity auction in a private home featuring a painting by Bono and a sculpture by an American artist has raised over €200,000 for Amnesty and third world charity, Goal. The organisers exceeded their target by €100,000.The auction took place in the Dublin, Killiney home of Olivia Gaynor and businessman Brian Long. The two works [...]

Tattersalls Ireland December sale finished on Dec. 18 when 158 broodmares and foals sold for a gross of 887,200 euros. The sale’s second session produced an average price of 5,600 euros.
An Elusive City colt out of the Pursuit of Love mare Champion Tipster made top price at 25,000 euros when purchased by Tony O’Callaghan’s Tally [...]

An auctioneering firm was yesterday given leave by the High Court to challenge moves by the Revenue Commissioners to inspect its records for the names of people who have bought property abroad since 2002.
Savills Hamilton Osborne King (SHOK) was given leave to seek a judicial review declaring that the Revenue are not entitled to go [...]

The Irish Home Builders’ Association has welcome the Budget move to reform stamp duty. The IHBA’s Director Hubert Fitzpatrick said that the stamp duty measures will result in a saving of €10,750 on a house priced at €400,000.
‘Reform of stamp duty should, given the very good value currently in the market, help improve confidence [...]

A rediscovered private art collection auctioned in Dublin today sold for what was described by the auctioneers as an “astonishing” €2.53 million – €1 million above the pre-sale estimate.
James Adam Auctioneers sold the 69 lots, including previously unseen works by painters Jack B Yeats and Louis Le Brocquy.
The quality of the collection is, arguably, on [...]

An Ulster woman said she lost a diamond engagement ring worth £2,000 – after being caught out by a scam on the internet site eBay.
Lisa Woodside, from north Belfast, placed the ring on eBay hoping to raise money for Christmas.
She received an email from a buyer she believed to be from Dallas, USA, offering £1,200.
But [...]