Joe Lynam

These are public-private partnerships.

There'll be a lot of people who disagree with that.

You also like district heating.

Now, this is something that is huge in the Scandinavian countries, especially in Denmark.

It's absolutely massive.

It's almost non-existent in this country.

And yet we have a huge preponderance of data centers who consume and emit a lot of heat, which could be channeled into communities and almost provide free energy.

We'll be meeting... And you'll be co-funding some projects?

And if you are interested in getting a loan from the EIB, do you just register on the website or do you go to your local minister?

Thanks very much, Dermot, for coming in.

That's Dermot Keogh, the head of the EIB here in Ireland.

But first, let's have a look at the main business stories in the newspapers and websites, which we shall do in the superlative company of Kate English, the chief economist with Deloitte.

Good morning, Kate.

Are you in Cork?

Are you down for the jazz festival?

Indeed.

Lovely.

I hope we get decent weather in this long bank holiday weekend.

I'm heading to Cork myself this evening.

Wish me luck on the M50 this afternoon.