Cantillon: Stock in the firm formerly known as One51 rises above offer price for first time

Plastics group agreed last month to be taken over by US-based Madison Dearborn

Irish-Canadian plastics firm may pay €12.3m to Madison Dearborn in ‘go-shop fee’ accord

Analysts see little chance of higher offer for company that never got traction in the market

Shareholders led by Noel Smyth to press on with complaints against plastic maker

Cantillon: €350m offer by Madison Dearborn includes ‘go-shop’ provision that allows IPL to seek a better deal

Irish-run company to be sold to US private equity giant at 26% discount to IPO price

Seen & Heard: New Government’s ‘urgency’, Chinese donations and Boris Johnson promises to ‘build, build, build’

Dublin-based insurance broker to be rolled into UK brokerage group Ardonagh

Energy, technology and financial services were among the top-performing M&A sectors over the past year

Gary McGann claims payments were a gift from Smurfit’s private-equity ex-owners

Michael Smurfit’s Kildare property went on market in July with asking price of €80m

550-acre property includes hotel and championship golf course

Unwanted suitor International Paper expected to return with new offer

Madison Dearborn Partners secures Finnish paper company with improved €315m bid

Firms forced to sell as part of merger deal but Ardagh bondholders will need reassurance on plans for funding largest acquisition to date

The Finnish paper and packaging firm is part-owned by Smurfit brothers

Michael and Dermot Smurfit own 36% stake in Finnish packaging company

Powerflute bid could be lucrative for brothers Dermot and Michael