Christmas spending splurge fattens Government’s January VAT receiptsState collects €6.7bn in tax, putting public finances on stable footing at start of yearWed Feb 02 2022 - 16:34
Unemployment rises to 7.8% in January as restrictions biteAs many as 202,000 people were either unemployed or on PUP last month, CSO saysWed Feb 02 2022 - 11:28
Card spending hits record €8.4bn in run-up to ChristmasStrong growth in Irish economy is being fuelled by a pick-up in consumer spendingMon Jan 31 2022 - 13:42
Sentiment lifts post-Omicron as workers gear up for pay hikesBank of Ireland’s latest Economic Pulse detects more upbeat moodMon Jan 31 2022 - 07:36
Social housing stock rises by less than 10,000 in four yearsDublin local authorities added 659 homes a year on average, but Dún Laoghaire saw stock fallMon Jan 31 2022 - 07:35
Playing politics with broadband saddles taxpayer with €2.6bn liabilityProject costing €5.5bn mired in delay ... and no public ownership of the end productSun Jan 30 2022 - 13:55
Retail sales fall in December as Omicron spoils Christmas for retailersCSO data shows volume of sales fell 3.2% as consumers spent less in bars and on goodsFri Jan 28 2022 - 12:10
Rollout of National Broadband Plan falls further behind scheduleCompany behind project admits it will not make target to pass 60,000 homesThu Jan 27 2022 - 15:02
Government spent close to €900m on rent subsidies in 2021HAP scheme payments rose to €542m – a more than 80% rise since 2018, figures showThu Jan 27 2022 - 13:10
Covid restrictions push down new housing outputCSO figures show 20,433 homes were completed last year, down 0.5%Thu Jan 27 2022 - 11:51
Irish consumer sentiment lifts with easing of pandemic fearsLatest KBC Bank Ireland index points to rising optimism among consumersThu Jan 27 2022 - 05:40
Loss of 12.5% tax rate won’t have ‘significant impact’ – IDA chiefWelcome certainty of corporate deal will offset rate increase, says Martin ShanahanWed Jan 26 2022 - 11:26
Pandemic frees up more women to participate in workforceCountries with higher levels of female empowerment tend to be more productiveWed Jan 26 2022 - 05:05
Irish economy set to generate 167,000 jobs over next two yearsCentral Bank reports strong rebound in economy but warns on inflationary pressureWed Jan 26 2022 - 00:15
IMF warns elevated inflation will persist longer than expectedFund cuts growth forecast for global economy on back on renewed Covid outbreaksTue Jan 25 2022 - 16:55
Housing starts now back at Celtic Tiger levelsSherry FitzGerald anticipates sizeable rise in construction outputTue Jan 25 2022 - 05:13
Makhlouf insists inflation to moderate later in yearCentral Bank governor describes recent surge in energy prices as ‘spectacular’Mon Jan 24 2022 - 13:13
It won’t take long before the ‘rip-off Ireland’ mantra begins againThe cost-of-living squeeze is likely to raise the political temperatureSun Jan 23 2022 - 17:05
Republic of Ireland ‘16th most expensive’ place to liveLatest rankings from price comparison site Numbeo contrasts living costs in 139 countriesFri Jan 21 2022 - 16:26
Travel stocks lead European shares higher as airlines soarRyanair advances as oil stocks come off near two-year highThu Jan 20 2022 - 18:33
Ireland’s debt equates to €47,000 for every man, woman and childCSO figures show Government debt rose last year as spending on supports continuedThu Jan 20 2022 - 13:57
Electricity consumed by data centres jumps by 144% in five yearsNew CSO data reveals surge in energy demand from data centres in IrelandThu Jan 20 2022 - 11:47
Spectre of inflation returns to haunt Irish householdsHeadline price growth in economy jumps to 20-year high – energy prices alone set to surgeThu Jan 20 2022 - 06:15
Low-paid workers’ exemption from tax base ‘unfair’ on middle earnersTax institute calls for broader personal tax base and simplified social insurance systemThu Jan 20 2022 - 06:01
House price inflation surges to pandemic high of 14%Average price for home in Dublin now exceeds €500,000Wed Jan 19 2022 - 11:28
Big preference for remote working after restrictions end – CSO surveySome 90% of 35- to 44-year-olds want to be able to work away from office after pandemicTue Jan 18 2022 - 12:27
Moy Park suspends live chicken processing at Ballymena plantChicken processor is Northern Ireland’s largest private sector employerMon Jan 17 2022 - 18:35
Growth in advanced economies expected to slow, OECD dataHigh-frequency data show post-pandemic growth peak has passedMon Jan 17 2022 - 13:01
Goods imports from Britain fall by fifth since BrexitLatest CSO trade numbers show major pick-up in cross-Border trade, howeverMon Jan 17 2022 - 11:58
The truth about the ‘Great Resignation’: It didn’t actually happenEmployment and participation in the Irish labour market has never been higherSun Jan 16 2022 - 11:42
House prices forecast to rise by 5% as supply struggles to meet demandSCSI report also highlights planning issues and impact of rising renovation costsFri Jan 14 2022 - 05:41
European stocks end flat as weak defensives outweigh tech gainsAnalysts expect ‘choppy’ first quarter for US stocks ahead of first Fed interest rate hikeThu Jan 13 2022 - 19:10
Rising rents and surging prices trigger ‘collapse’ in home ownershipHousing in Ireland is ‘severely unaffordable’, report by Parliamentary Budget Office saysThu Jan 13 2022 - 16:11
Talbot Hotels acquires Clonmel Park Hotel for about € 7.5mDeal for four-star Tipperary hotel is latest divestment by Tetrarch CapitalThu Jan 13 2022 - 15:03
Low paid benefit from minimum wage hikes despite ‘loss of hours’ESRI research assesses impact of minimum pay increases between 2016 and 2018Wed Jan 12 2022 - 13:17
Unemployment rate rises to 7.5% as Covid-19 rules hit hospitalityCSO figures point to rise in Republic’s jobless total after period of declineWed Jan 12 2022 - 11:41
Food and drink exports hit record €13.5bn in 2021 despite Covid and BrexitLatest Bord Bia figures suggest Irish exports last year surpassed pre-pandemic levelsWed Jan 12 2022 - 09:31
Viatel snaps up Limerick-based ActionPointIrish telecoms group makes another acquisition as market consolidation continuesWed Jan 12 2022 - 07:12
OECD inflation surges to 25-year high of 5.8%Price growth is being driven by energy prices and supply chain disruptionTue Jan 11 2022 - 19:01
World Bank warns of ‘pronounced slowdown’ over inflation and Covid variantsWashington-based institution says pandemic likely to continue to disrupt activity in near termTue Jan 11 2022 - 15:44
Switch to electric motoring could punch €5bn hole in public financesThe revenue implications of shifting away from combustion engines will be significantSun Jan 09 2022 - 14:34
Retail sales lift as consumers splash out on clothes and electrical goodsVolume of sales in November was 0.6% higher in monthly terms and 16% up on 2020Fri Jan 07 2022 - 12:29
US economist says Covid may have driven many women out of the labour marketChief executive of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco says many women are constrained because of childcareThu Jan 06 2022 - 19:16
Brexit and pandemic trigger surge in customs declarationsCustoms duty collected on goods imported from abroad jumps as a result of BrexitThu Jan 06 2022 - 15:27
Corporation tax on par with VAT as State’s second largest revenue sourceLatest exchequer returns show business tax generated record €15.3bn last yearWed Jan 05 2022 - 19:00
Government tax receipts surge to record €68bn in 2021 as economy reboundsLatest exchequer returns point to year-end deficit of €7.4 billionWed Jan 05 2022 - 16:11
Eoin Burke-Kennedy: Soaring prices and rents but no credit bubbleMyHome report points to bigger loan sizes but credit market remain tightly constrainedWed Jan 05 2022 - 05:45
Five economic flashpoints to watch out for in 2022Next year may bring good news but many of the concerns of 2021 will not have gone awayFri Dec 31 2021 - 05:28
House prices set to grow by up to 8% in 2022, Sherry FitzGerald saysState’s largest estate agent predicts inflation in Dublin will moderate with new buildsFri Dec 31 2021 - 05:05
Markets lifted by investor optimism and US jobs dataTech boom leads Wall Street indices to record highsThu Dec 30 2021 - 17:44
