Ronan Smyth

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | Ronan Smyth

Venture capital investment into Irish firms rose significantly during the first three months of the year to €532.8m but smaller firms have lost out as deal volume and value in their category fall, a new report has found. According to the Irish Venture Capital Association VenturePulse survey, published in association with William Fry, venture capital investment transactions increased by over 100% compared to the same period last year.

2 weeks ago | irishexaminer.com | Ronan Smyth

The ISEQ Index of Irish shares fell sharply by 1.5% in the aftermath of US president Donald Trump threatening to impose a 50% tariff on US imports from the EU, starting on June 1. Shares in the three pillar banks were among the hardest hit on Friday with PTSB down nearly 5%, Bank of Ireland down nearly 4%, and AIB down just over 3%. Pharma and medtech firm Uniphar was also down 3.7% but the company was also before the High Court defending itself in an action taken by pharmacy brokerage Thera.

2 weeks ago | irishexaminer.com | Ronan Smyth

The chief executive of housing developer Glenveagh has said the departments of finance, and public expenditure and reform, need “to come out with policies” to aid in the building of homes. Glenveagh chief executive Stephen Garvey was speaking following his company’s annual general meeting in Dublin on Thursday. In advance of the meeting, Glenveagh said it expects to deliver 2,600 new homes during 2025, following a “strong start to the year”.

2 weeks ago | irishexaminer.com | Ronan Smyth

Irish consumer confidence picked up marginally this month as the threat of tariffs receded but the overall outlook remains ‚Äúgloomy‚ÄĚ with confidence levels ‚Äúwell below‚ÄĚ long-term trends, the latest Consumer Sentiment Index shows. This month‚Äôs consumer sentiment index reading stood at 60.8 - up from 58.7 during April but significantly lower than the 74.9 figure seen as recently as January.

2 weeks ago | irishexaminer.com | Ronan Smyth

Housing developer Glenveagh has said it expects to deliver 2,600 new homes during 2025 following a ‚Äústrong start to the year‚ÄĚ and a nearly 13% increase in the value of its forward order book in recent months. In advance of the company‚Äôs annual general meeting on Thursday, Glenveagh published a trading update which showed the value of its closed and forward order book across both its homebuilding and partnerships segments, stood at ‚ā¨1.23bn ‚ÄĒ up from ‚ā¨1.09bn as of March 10 this year.