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Picture of new five floor building in Limerick called One Opera Square

Landmark One Opera Square launched in Limerick

One Opera Square, a landmark project in Limerick City, has been officially launched by Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe who described the development as a "brilliant example of what urban regeneration can look like".

Business • 43 mins

Fire1's Norm heart failure management system offers a new approach for patients to manage heart failure

Med-tech firm Fire1 secures $120m in new financing

Dublin-based medical technology company Fire1 has raised $120m in new financing.

Business • 07 Jan

Rebekah Brady is the new Director of the NTMA's new Future Ireland Funds unit

Rebekah Brady to head NTMA's Future Ireland Funds unit

The National Treasury Management Agency has appointed Rebekah Brady as Director of the agency's new Future Ireland Funds unit.

Business • 20 Nov 24

Dara Deering, CEO of Home Building Finance Ireland

Loan approvals by State-backed HBFI pass €2bn threshold

Almost €400m in new lending for the construction of new homes was approved by the State's building finance body in the first half of 2024.

Business • 30 Jul 24

Nick Ashmore, Ireland Strategic Investment Fund's director

ISIF's initiative to promote female-led investment firms

The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund has announced its first two investments from its €50m initiative to promote female-led investment firms.

Business • 14 May 24

Nick Ashmore, director of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund

€278m committed by ISIF into three climate investments

€278m has been committed by the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) into three separate climate related investments.

Business • 02 Apr 24

ISIF commits €22.25m to fund for tech businesses

The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) has committed €22.25m to a fund for high-growth potential technology businesses.

Business • 28 Jul 23

Nick Ashmore, Director of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF)

€400m announced for equity-based housing investments

The Government has announced the extension to the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund's (ISIF) homes funding programme, with an additional €400m being allocated for equity-based housing investments.

Business • 27 Jul 23

Frank O'Connor, NTMA CEO, Michelle Lowe, NTMA's Senior Corporate Communications Manager and Finance Minister Michael McGrath at today's briefing

2022 sees biggest fall in Government debt since 2014

Ireland's General Government debt fell by €11 billion to €225 billion in 2022 and has the potential to fall below €200 billion by 2030, according to the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA).

Business • 05 Jul 23

Just Climate is an investment business established to address the net zero challenge at scale

ISIF commits €65m to Just Climate's fundraising

The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund is committing €65m to Just Climate's $1.5 billion fundraising announced today, joining major global climate investors.

Business • 08 Jun 23

Energy Impact Partners focuses on investing in the energy transition by bringing together over 60 industrials and climate innovators to help decarbonise the global economy

ISIF invests €68m in decarbonisation funds

The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund is investing €68m in two major international decarbonisation funds as part of its €1 billion five year climate action investment programme.

Business • 22 May 23

Alan Merriman, Elkstone founder, Nick Ashmore from ISIF and Orla O'Gorman, Advisory Board Member at Elkstone

Elkstone closes €100m Early-Stage Irish Venture Fund

Investment house Elkstone has closed its €100m Early-Stage Irish Venture Fund.

Business • 18 May 23

SVB saw its stock collapse after capital raising efforts spooked investors

ISIF has $100m in funds managed by SVB subsidiary

The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) has around $100m invested in 5 investment funds that are managed by SVB Capital, a subsidiary of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) Financial Group.

Business • 10 Mar 23

Waterland's Irish investment team (l-r): Donal Mac Nioclais, Danylo Razlovan, Laura Dillon, Adam Crinion and Danny Dillon

Waterland raises €4bn for investments in European firms

Waterland Private Equity Investment has raised €4 billion across two European funds, with some of the backing coming from the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund.

Business • 26 Jan 23

HBFI grows total loan approvals to almost €1.25bn

The state agency that was established with the aim of funding the delivery of new homes reported an increase in total loan approvals to just shy of €1.25 billion by the end of 2022.

Business • 25 Jan 23

ISIF suffers negative return in first half

Strong investment gains made by the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) in the second half of last year were reversed in the first half of this year, its latest half year progress report shows.

Business • 03 Oct 22

Frank O'Connor, the CEO of the National Treasury Management Agency

Investor demand for Irish debt remains high - NTMA

The organisation which manages Ireland's national debt has said the country's borrowing position remains strong, despite the rising cost of servicing it.

Business • 07 Jul 22

Billy Kane, founder and CEO of Finance Ireland

ISIF exits Finance Ireland as M&G buys large stake

The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) has sold its entire 33% stake in the country's largest non-bank lender, Finance Ireland, as part of a series of transactions at the firm.

Business • 06 Jul 22

A new €500m investment programme will target the five regional cities of Cork, Galway, Limerick, Waterford and Kikenny.

ISIF to invest €500m in five regional cities

The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, known as ISIF, has announced plans to step up its regional investments.

Business • 16 Jun 22

The site of the new Greystones Media Campus in Co Wicklow

€300m Greystones Media Campus set to open in 2024

The international consortium which last year bought Ardmore and Troy production studios is to back a new €300m film and TV campus in Greystones.

Business • 07 Apr 22

The new debt facility aims to support Aer Lingus in its recovery from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on air travel

ISIF extends support for Aer Lingus with new deal

The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund has agreed a new €200m three-year debt facility with Aer Lingus.

Business • 22 Mar 22

New funding now available to energy companies to offer energy enhancement projects

€20m ISIF fund to raise energy efficiency in buildings

The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund has committed €20m to a new fund that will improve the energy efficiency of existing infrastructure including commercial buildings and homes.

Business • 22 Feb 22

The Government has now sold a fifth of its stake in Bank of Ireland, with its shareholding falling to 10.96% from 11.97%

Government reduces Bank of Ireland stake again

The State has now sold a fifth of its stake in Bank of Ireland, following a further sale of a tranche of shares in recent days.

Business • 01 Oct 21

ISIF makes €450m gain as it plans green investment

Ireland's €9.2 billion sovereign investment fund has almost doubled its total investment gains in eighteen months.

Business • 07 Sep 21

Bank of Ireland said the percentage of its voting rights owned by the Government through the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund has decreased from 12.98% to 11.97%

State further reduces stake in Bank of Ireland

The Government has reduced its stake in Bank of Ireland by a percentage point.

Business • 31 Aug 21