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
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
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
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
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
Troika rebuked by Government over water chargesEuropean Commission officials effectively told to ‘butt out’ of local political debateMon 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
Coalition shakes off water debacle with policy attack on OppositionGovernment adopting offensive posture as it seeks to regain initiativeSat Nov 29 2014 - 01:00
Michael Noonan supports France over EU sanctionsFrench minister for finance in Dublin for talks over fiscal guidelinesSat Nov 29 2014 - 01:00
Government’s capacity for corrective reforms has diedWarnings from various quarters indicate new fiscal plan is not quite risk-freeFri Nov 28 2014 - 01:00
EU now making waves over ‘green diesel’ for boatsCommission taking Ireland to Europe’s highest court for not properly applying taxThu Nov 27 2014 - 01:00
Analysis: ECB flags willingness to proceed with quantitative easingConcern that programme would not go far enough to boost euro zoneThu Nov 27 2014 - 01:00
Markets anticipate ECB stimulus planGlobal markets hover at elevated levels as rumours of quantitative easing mountWed Nov 26 2014 - 01:00
Troika urges Ireland to intensify further deficit reductionsBudget 2015 ‘makes less progress than desirable’ according to European officialsTue Nov 25 2014 - 11:33
ECB and EU Commission say State has ‘important challenges’Government advised to have ‘additional’ fiscal measures ready in case of future risksFri Nov 21 2014 - 16:51
Troika raises concerns over Ireland's new water schemeDecision to suspend metered charges was surprise to European CommissionFri Nov 21 2014 - 11:27
Water charge hysteria a pseudo-crisisOpinion: State has faced three crises since crash but this is not one of themFri Nov 21 2014 - 03:00
NTMA debt sale strengthens Government’s position in repaying IMF loansAuction completed as Swedish cabinet approved IMF debt dealThu Nov 20 2014 - 18:29
Icelandic banker jailed for actions during recessionFormer Landsbanki chief Sigurjon Arnason receives a one-year sentence but nine months suspendedThu Nov 20 2014 - 01:00
State cleared to pay IMF loans early after Swedish voteNext steps in repayment process could come next weekWed Nov 19 2014 - 16:19
Troika legal reforms now face delaysLegislation will break ban on solicitors and barristers working in same practiceWed Nov 19 2014 - 09:13
Swedish vote set to allow State pay IMF debt earlyCountry gave €600m in bilateral loans to IrelandWed Nov 19 2014 - 08:14
ECB pledge boosts European marketsAIB stock falls after warning from Minister on overvaluation of bankMon Nov 17 2014 - 19:43
AIB and other lenders can make plans to refinance after EU rulingEuropean Banking Authority says lenders have right to take on ‘higher quality’ debtSat Nov 15 2014 - 01:00
Irish vote against sovereign debt mechanism puzzlingMinister for Finance Michael Noonan ‘concerned’ over United Nation’s resolutionFri Nov 14 2014 - 18:13
Troika to raise property market policies and water debacleEU-IMF team return to Dublin next week for second post-bailout inspection of yearThu Nov 13 2014 - 01:05
Irish banks increase scrutiny of Russian accountsIrish institutions now scrutinising all flows of money from Russian sources as ‘high risk’Tue Nov 11 2014 - 01:00
MEP to call for mortgages with 10-year fixed ratesBrian Hayes will tell forum that introduction of long-term fixed rate home loans would help stabilise property marketTue Nov 11 2014 - 01:00
Oireachtas banking inquiry faces legal hurdle over ECBInquiry faces prospect of challenge in European Court of JusticeSat Nov 08 2014 - 08:26
Claim that ECB bounced us into bailout does not stack upGovernment’s refusal to face up to banking dilemma was seen as irresponsible follyFri Nov 07 2014 - 20:54
Letters between Brian Lenihan and Trichet pivotal in Irish historyThe Trichet letters reveal the huge pressure put on the Irish governmentFri Nov 07 2014 - 09:47
ECB says Irish policymakers to blame for economic crashBank denies Ireland pushed into bailout programme by TrichetFri Nov 07 2014 - 08:30
Mario Draghi insists ECB did not force Ireland into a bailout in 2010Michael Noonan says he would welcome attendance at Oireachtas inquiry by Jean-Claude TrichetFri Nov 07 2014 - 01:00
Bailout caused by Irish domestic crisis, says ECBBank dismisses claim Trichet letter forced Ireland into bail-out, publishes more lettersThu Nov 06 2014 - 19:30
Markets boosted by US mid-term election resultsAer Lingus, Ryanair, C&C and Smurfit Kappa are the main points of interest in DublinThu Nov 06 2014 - 01:00
State to pay back €10bn of IMF debt earlyCoalition increases planned repayment of €6.1bn by 2015 after successful bond saleWed Nov 05 2014 - 09:54
Good economic news dampened by water issuesAnalysis: Bleak European economic outlook still leaves some cause for cautionWed Nov 05 2014 - 00:27
