Banking inquiry to ask Cowen about Honohan evidenceFormer taoiseach invited early to reply to Central Bank governor’s evidenceMon Jan 19 2015 - 06:00
State must keep finances prudent, says ECB official‘Ireland has potential to be the fastest-growing euro zone country in 2015’Fri Jan 16 2015 - 07:58
Transcript of interview with Benoît CœuréECB official advises Ireland to keep finances on prudent trackFri Jan 16 2015 - 06:00
Benoit Coeuré interview: ECB advises Ireland to be ‘as conservative as possible’Executive discusses budgets, bondholders, Trichet letters and banking inquiriesFri Jan 16 2015 - 06:00
Berlin in constant fear ECB will be lender of last resortIt was not for nothing that the ECB’s independence was enshrined in European lawFri Jan 16 2015 - 03:00
Sharp fall in global markets in wake of World Bank reportGlobal sell-off throws off indices and sees Irish market close almost 1 per cent downThu Jan 15 2015 - 01:00
EU commissioner distances himself from criticism of water scheme rolloutVisit by troika sparked row over change to flat charge for waterWed Jan 14 2015 - 08:16
Cross-Border tax competition to heat upNew tax rates in the North will see a keen rivalry for FDI over the coming yearsFri Jan 09 2015 - 01:00
Whatever Honohan tells bank inquiry it is unlikely to flatterPanel will wonder if timidity in Dame Street was based on avoiding antagonising anyone in Merrion StreetFri Jan 09 2015 - 01:00
Banking inquiry seeks Central Bank records from 1990sBank of England minutes from 2008 show Irish bank guarantee blamed for halting global interbank lendingThu Jan 08 2015 - 01:02
Credit Suisse’s UK arm considers switch to IrelandBank has sought regulatory approval from Central Bank for some operations in DublinWed Jan 07 2015 - 06:00
The dangers of a Greek euro exit: will they stay or will they go?Athens and Berlin set for battle of wills if Greek hard left wins this month’s electionWed Jan 07 2015 - 01:00
Government enjoys financial calm before election stormAnalysis: positive Exchequer returns will help Coalition face coming electionTue Jan 06 2015 - 01:00
Tax receipts €1.24bn ahead of Coalition targetsSpending overruns to see budget deficit for 2014 come in higher than forecastTue Jan 06 2015 - 01:00
State collects €114m more in tax than forecastLocal property tax receipts come in 10.6% behind targetMon Jan 05 2015 - 16:30
Nama to invest €450m in 1,500 new homes for Dublin areaAgency has 1,000 properties available for social housing in 2015 despite poor take-upSat Jan 03 2015 - 08:37
Draghi QE hint boosts European bondsQuiet day in Dublin but Aer Lingus, CRH, Smurfit Kappa and Bank of Ireland all upSat Jan 03 2015 - 01:00
Irish arm of Tyco given permission to reduce capitalMove follows relocation of global HQ to Cork from SwitzerlandSat Jan 03 2015 - 01:00
Analysis: ECB poised to act on euro zone economy, but battles remainMario Draghi faces strong German opposition to QE policyFri Jan 02 2015 - 17:57
Business review 2014: Economic progress but at political priceFor all the upbeat news on Ireland’s recovery, the Coalition faces 2015 with its confidence sapped by a string of controversiesTue Dec 30 2014 - 01:00
National Treasury Management Agency’s new debt sale to be stepped upAgency moves to offer up to €15bn in long-term bond salesMon Dec 22 2014 - 22:28
Lower oil prices hit Russia but could boost global economyIMF predicts global lift but former finance minister says Ukraine not oil affecting Russian fundsMon Dec 22 2014 - 20:27
Sanctions-listed Russian oil giant Rosneft linked to $10bn IFSC loan dealAmerican sanctions cast to slowly starve Rosneft of US dollar fundingMon Dec 22 2014 - 11:16
Oil price rise provides relief for roubleAer Lingus down after rebuff of IAG bid, while Bank of Ireland loses 2.17%Sat Dec 20 2014 - 01:00
Extra public service pay day to cost exchequer €300mRevised estimates show changes in water charging causing €85m increaseFri Dec 19 2014 - 09:31
Mortgage arrears may be caused by Irish banks' leniency - IMFPaper argues that forbearance is good for consumption but allows debts to buildFri Dec 19 2014 - 07:34
Don’t expect Russian bear to retreat into its lairA sharp economic contraction now looms in RussiaFri Dec 19 2014 - 01:00
The Banking Inquiry: our first chance to hear directly from those caught up in the crash‘The inquiry deals with the single greatest crisis to confront the State since the second World War’Wed Dec 17 2014 - 17:00
ESRI urges caution on applying loan capsCentral Bank says Dublin house prices gaining at rate close to pre-crash peakWed Dec 17 2014 - 01:00
ESRI questions Central Bank moves to dampen housing marketThink tank says restricting mortgage lending could curtail housing supplyWed Dec 17 2014 - 00:00
Simmering political drama leaves markets unperturbedBorrowing costs continue to fall despite the surge in support for anti-establishment forcesFri Dec 12 2014 - 01:08
Unemployed worst affected by budgets, says ESRI reportBudgets since crash hit those without jobs while Budget 2015 favoured high earnersFri Dec 12 2014 - 00:00
Analysis: Growth may have tapered off, but it remains impressiveNo ‘dramatic heroics’ but Irish economy still stronger than rest of euro zoneThu Dec 11 2014 - 13:36
Irish economy grew by 3.5% in the third quarterGDP increased by 4.9% in the first nine months of 2014, while GNP rose by 3.5%Thu Dec 11 2014 - 11:00
Tax levels in Ireland lag OECD averageBurden of taxation rose 1% to 28.3% last year compared with 34.1% OECD averageWed Dec 10 2014 - 01:00
Banks push to confront mortgage-holders in arrearsCentral Bank figures suggest banks proposed solutions for 93% of cases before OctoberWed Dec 10 2014 - 01:00
Ireland’s relationship with EU plunges to low ebb after U-turn on water meteringRevised water charges create conflict as troika pays Dublin a post-bailout visitMon Dec 08 2014 - 16:51
Troika rebuked by Government over water chargesEuropean Commission officials effectively told to ‘butt out’ of local political debateMon Dec 08 2014 - 01:00
EY warns of constrained budgets for several yearsGrowth in Republic to outpace North and Britain for 10 years, says accounting firmMon Dec 08 2014 - 01:00
Standard & Poor’s upgrades Ireland’s debt ratingAgency expects economy to grow by more than foreseenFri Dec 05 2014 - 17:37
Banking inquiry to begin on December 17thCentral Bank governer Prof Patrick Honohan’s appearance postponedFri Dec 05 2014 - 01:04
Economics: Wait goes on for ECB presses to rollDraghi pointed to the success of quantitative easing in the US and BritainFri Dec 05 2014 - 01:00
Analysis: ECB may be nudging towards QE at lastTime could be running out for Draghi’s efforts to bring Germans on boardThu Dec 04 2014 - 17:32
Northern Ireland offered deal to set own corporation tax rateOsborne says power will be granted if Stormont can agree on budget cutsThu Dec 04 2014 - 09:52
Analysis: Osborne’s tax move creates knotty questions south of the BorderDonegal jobs heading for Derry would not please the CoalitionWed Dec 03 2014 - 23:01
Business in Republic confident in face of mooted NI tax reductionDepartment of Finance ‘supportive’ of making island more competitiveWed Dec 03 2014 - 23:01
Rehab withdraws €1.5bn claim against State over lotteryDevelopment follows appointment of new board at the disabilities groupWed Dec 03 2014 - 08:53
Nama picks up pace of repayments with €1bn bond dealMove comes as agency backs the €150m redevelopment of Boland’s Mill’sTue Dec 02 2014 - 08:47
Voters face stark choice, warns KennyCoalition parties target Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil ahead of next electionSat Nov 29 2014 - 01:01
