Major changes to Leaving Cert will see students sit some exams in fifth year
Major reform of the Leaving Cert is being planned from 2024 onwards which will include spreading project work and exams over fifth and sixth year. The move aims to reduce student stress levels around the traditional written exams and introduce teacher-based assessment for projects and other course components. Minister for Education Norma Foley is keen to proceed […]
Adamstown community retail portfolio guiding at €1.9m
Agent Bannon is guiding a price of €1.9 million for a community retail investment opportunity comprising four retail units and a standalone creche at Adamstown in west Dublin. The units, which are below a modern residential development called the Sentinel Building, are occupied by Londis (with a guarantee from parent company BWG), Mizzoni’s Pizza and […]
Retail Sales
The CSO (Central Statistics Office Ireland) reported retail sales values for all business increased 4.3% on pre-pandemic levels. Taking a deeper dive this figure includes bars which remain 28.45% below 2019 data. When bars and motor trade are excluded, retail sales values have jumped 11.6% when compared to 2019 and 2020. This positive performance is despite the […]
Retail Boom Continues
Despite the negative narrative in the press recently the Retail Sales figures released by the CSO paint a very positive picture of the sector. Overall the value of retail sales (excluding cars & bars) were up 11.6% on February 2019. The only red figures on the index are bars, department stores and books, all other […]
Bannon Retail Pulse Report – March 2022
We have pleasure in enclosing The Bannon Retail Pulse Report for March 2022. March witnessed further improvement in footfall trends, reflecting the lifting of restrictions earlier in the year. This will improve further as we can now look forward to an increase in tourist numbers in the months ahead. Transactional activity was extremely busy in Q1 […]
A big welcome to this year’s Interns
A big welcome to this year’s interns from everyone at Bannon (including our office dog – Lily). Mark Hayden, Stephen Keegan, Alison O’Gorman, Brian Morton, Dwane Martin.
