Home-building activity in Ireland fell for the eighth straight month in December as all three sectors of the construction industry recorded a decline in activity, according to AIB’s latest PMI survey of the construction sector. Hugh Dooley reports.

Airport operator DAA has committed to the High Court that it will pause a planned investigation into complaints against its chief executive Kenny Jacobs pending the hearing of his legal case seeking to lift his suspension from the company. Joe Brennan was in court for the latest development in this saga.

The cost of housing here has resulted in a lot of Irish people choosing to move abroad in search of a home and a better quality of life. As Fiona Reddan discovers, many of the likely destinations for Ireland’s departing emigrants have some of the hottest housing markets in the world.