Real Estate Investment Trusts, or REITs, are at the tip of people’s tongues at the moment, as they offer the opportunity to marry the convenience and liquidity of stock market investing, with the well-known love affair that Irish people have had with bricks and mortar.

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The third annual charity ‘Climb to Remember’ takes place on Sunday 8th June and will see people from all over Munster rise to the challenge of climbing Ireland’s highest peak, Carrauntoohil, in memory of a loved one, with funds raised going towards The Mercy Hospital Foundation.

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Newsaccess - Ireland’s leading Media Intelligence agency has grown by more than 50 percent in the last year. This growth is driven by increased market share, turnover and acquisitions. Newsaccess has recently acquired Media Hub – the country’s longest established media monitoring agency which has brought together two of Ireland’s leading media intelligence brands to form a new powerhouse in Irish Media Intelligence.

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Broadcaster Miriam O’Callaghan and children’s presenter Diana Bunici showed their softer side today as they launched this year’s HB Hazelbrook Farm Ice Cream Fundays in aid of Down Syndrome Ireland.

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A recent survey carried out by the IGNITE Graduate Business Innovation Programme explored attitudes towards entrepreneurship among third level students. Examining student interest in becoming entrepreneurs, the survey assessed the positive and negative factors that influence student attitudes towards entrepreneurship, as well as gauging awareness for business incubation programmes and supports like IGNITE.

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As it embarks on the challenge of a lifetime, Team Battleborn, the four man team taking part in the Great Pacific Race 2014, is delighted to announce a major sponsorship deal with Teamwork.com. Leading global player in online project management software development, Teamwork.com, who earlier this year invested heavily in its growing business with the acquisition of the domain ‘Teamwork.com’ for a staggering $675,000 (c. €500,000), has now invested €10,000 in another thriving team, Team Battleborn, as it attempts to break a world record by rowing over 2,100 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean this June.

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The Little Island business community came out in their droves today as Nova Broadband hosted its first Little Island Business Association (LIBA) networking event on its office in Harbour Point Business Park. As Nova Broadband celebrates its 10th year in business this summer, Managing Director Dave McDonald felt the time was right for them to host an influential event such as this. "Nova Broadband was established 10 years ago as an alternative service provider. Back then, broadband availability was poor - even some areas of the city couldn't get any broadband at all. Now, 10 years on, we are thriving and solving broadband problems for residential users right up to multinationals and are continuously growing at a rate we could not have predicted. Our success is mainly down to ongoing referrals from customers and fellow businesses, a lot of which come from those in Little Island, so it’s an honour for us to invite the LIBA community here and celebrate with them through our first of many events. I am very proud of what we have built up so far and look forward to the next 10 years."

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Fuzion Communications has been shortlisted for the prestigious Public Relations Institute of Ireland (PRII) Awards 2014 for its work on the inaugural Cycle Against Suicide campaign in 2013. Cycle Against Suicide is a voluntary suicide awareness initiative around the island of Ireland that first took place in April/ May 2013, with the aim of raising awareness for the help and supports available to those battling with, or at risk of, depression, self-harm, and for friends and family bereaved by suicide. It was created to ‘break the cycle’ of suicide through an all-inclusive and collaborative approach, both literally and metaphorically. In this vain, the focus of the campaign was to organise a round-Ireland cycle (1,400km) which was organised to connect and unite the entire country with the one goal and message, that, “it is OK not to feel OK and that it’s more than OK to ask for help”

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The breath-taking Gap of Dunloe has been a magnet for locals, tourists and day visitors to Killarney for centuries. For half a century the Moriarty family has been welcoming tourists to the store, ‘Moriarty’s, which is located at the entrance to the Gap, just outside of Killarney. What began as a small enterprise by Michael and Margaret Moriarty in 1964, in a “lean-to” attached to the family house, is now home to a 4,000 sq. ft. gift store, one of the finest in Ireland.

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Following on from the success of previous Mercy Ladies Lunches, which have raised over €40,000 to date to support cancer services at the Mercy Hospital, The Mercy University Hospital Foundation is pleased to announce details of this year’s event, which takes place in the Radisson Blu Hotel, Cork on Saturday 14th June.

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Green Business has teamed up with Ibec and BIM (Bord Iascaigh Mhara) to host a series of free seminars for SMEs on Energy Management this May. Business owners are being urged to book their place at the free seminars in Clonakility, Co. Cork (May 8th), Athlone (May 13th) and Dublin (May 14th) to discover how they can increase their energy efficiency, and in turn their bottom line.

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Today Friday 2nd May, one of the most loved and well established Killarney hotels, The Dromhall Hotel, will celebrate its 50th anniversary by welcoming a very special guest to the hotel, An Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD, who will be unveiling a plaque to commemorate the anniversary and his visit. Present to welcome An Taoiseach will be three generations of the Randles family, including hotel founder Kay Randle who has been one of the most inspirational, hardworking and tenacious figures in the hospitality sector in Ireland for decades.

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The legal Team behind courageous Cork woman Louise O’Keeffe’s triumphant 30-year battle for justice will be named today as the recipient of a prestigious award at this year’s Irish Law Awards.

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