The Exchequer will reap an additional €563m a year after it returns the 9pc Vat rate for the hospitality sector to 13.5pc at the end of the summer.
Shares in nursing homes giant Orpea continued to trade at multiples of what management says they should as lenders prepare to take a stake in the business.
The senior management team at Dublin-based financial services company Waystone are understood to have left after a disagreement at board level over the future strategy of the firm.