Home Building Finance Ireland (HBFI), which was set up by the Government to fund the delivery of new homes, grew its loan approvals to €1.16bn.
Construction price inflation is outstripping even runaway consumer prices as the cost of building is rising faster than during the Celtic Tiger, according to the Society of Chartered Surveyors in Ireland (SCSI).
Irish software and hardware provider Xunison has raised seed capital of €3.35m.
