Larry Goodman, through his privately held investment company Vevan, bought €3.6m worth of shares last week in Green Reit.

This brings his stake in the property company, which owns offices around Dublin including the iconic glass-fronted Independent News & Media printing press building on the Naas road, to €21m.

Of course, Larry is no stranger to property as he now owns the former bank of Ireland HQ on Baggot Street.

In fact, given that it has a rent roll of €8m from Government departments, he is believed to be the biggest landlord to the state. Maybe Larry is interested in Green Reit all to himself.

After all, it is for sale, valued at €1.5bn and has a rent roll of around €80m.