Bank of Ireland and other lenders are asking mortgage applicants employed by tech giants to provide letters from their employer to say their jobs are not at risk from the wave of recent layoffs hitting the sector.
Ireland and Leinster star Robbie Henshaw has plenty of rugby left to play but that has not stopped him turning his attention to life after he steps away from elite professional sport.
The parent company of Avant Money, a consumer-finance company located in Carrick on Shannon, Co Leitrim, has said its Irish mortgage book had grown by 268pc to €1.6bn.
