Consumer sentiment dips amid concerns Delta variant may stall recoveryLatest survey by KBC Bank Ireland detects anxiety at pick-up in Covid-19 case numbersFri Jul 23 2021 - 05:00
Dovish ECB and upbeat earnings support euro-zone stocksECB pledges to keep interest rates at record lows for even longerThu Jul 22 2021 - 18:44
Nearly two third of SMEs still availing of wage supports – surveyIsme study finds more businesses believe they can survive more than nine monthsThu Jul 22 2021 - 17:50
Lidl appoints Irish man Ken McGrath as deputy chairmanExecutive expected to take over top board role in the near futureWed Jul 21 2021 - 15:23
Bausch & Lomb to invest €90m and create 130 jobs at Waterford plantContact lens manufacturer announces major new investmentWed Jul 21 2021 - 07:04
Spotlight Oral Care secures €12m investment to drive EU and US expansionGalway-based dental care brand projects turnover will triple in three yearsTue Jul 20 2021 - 11:50
Job vacancies rebound to pre-Covid levels, recruiter saysQuarterly data from IrishJobs.ie shows leap in postings with work from home jobs up 77%Tue Jul 20 2021 - 04:58
Interactive Brokers announces new flat fee structure to entice European investorsCompany says it will charge a flat €3 for trades up to €6,000 in valueMon Jul 19 2021 - 18:12
Farm incomes in Republic rise by 9% despite pandemicAnnual survey by Teagasc shows farmers benefitted from lower input prices in 2020Mon Jul 19 2021 - 15:07
Government urged to address vacancy and dereliction in towns and citiesChambers Ireland says addressing these structural issues could revitalise urban environmentsMon Jul 19 2021 - 12:47
State increasing reliance on ‘costly’ social housing leasesTo date this year, 918 new social units leased, while 1,000 leased in all of 2020Mon Jul 19 2021 - 05:43
Online property platform Lintil offers one-stop shop for homebuyingEmmet Creighton aims to make purchase easier and secure cheaper professional feesMon Jul 19 2021 - 05:27
Australian telco Telstra bids $2bn for Digicel’s Pacific operation – reportDeal for sale of Pacific operations of Denis O’Brien’s mobile business has been expectedSun Jul 18 2021 - 16:24
Donohoe dumps balanced-budget strategy as politics of housing biteAccomodation crisis triggers risky change in Government’s budgetary stanceSun Jul 18 2021 - 13:14
Government’s budget deficit for 2020 revised up to €18.8bn€20 billion year-on-year deterioration reflects impact of spending on Covid supportsFri Jul 16 2021 - 15:58
Five potential flashpoints in EU’s ambitious climate change planEnvironmental groups claim target shy, while industry views pace of change as too swiftFri Jul 16 2021 - 05:25
Irish economy grew by almost 6% last year despite pandemicCSO figures show Ireland had one of strongest growth rates in the worldThu Jul 15 2021 - 19:33
Value of Irish exports rose by €800m in May, CSO figures showBrexit continues to see increased level of trade between Republic and NorthThu Jul 15 2021 - 14:53
Q&A: Why has the Government changed its economic policy?The Summer Economic Statement marks a big change in budgetary directionThu Jul 15 2021 - 11:16
State must build half a million homes by 2036, estate agent claimsSherry FitzGerald estimates 37,000 units needed per annum over next 15 yearsThu Jul 15 2021 - 08:03
Coalition's budgetary policy has radically altered in three monthsAnalysis: Goal of a balanced budget by 2025 – set out in April – has been jettisonedWed Jul 14 2021 - 21:51
Businesses fear carbon tariff will be too complex to administerConcerns raised about EU’s proposed carbon border adjustment mechanismWed Jul 14 2021 - 21:01
House prices rise at fastest rate in 2½ yearsDublin values rise by 4.9% over 12 months while prices outside capital increase 6.2%Wed Jul 14 2021 - 11:25
More than 2,000 unsold affordable housing units still on council booksUnits delivered prior to economic crash have cost State €86m in debt-servicing costsThu Jul 08 2021 - 05:30
Irish labour market not expected to recover from pandemic until 2024OECD report suggests Republic will have one of slowest such rebounds of any countryWed Jul 07 2021 - 11:41
State’s first cost rental homes unveiled in north DublinNew tenure model will see homes rented at 25 per cent below market rateWed Jul 07 2021 - 05:58
European shares retreat as investors turn to bonds amid economic uncertaintyBP and Shell fall in London as oil prices slideTue Jul 06 2021 - 18:36
PwC urges Government to extend pandemic wage-support schemeMain scheme should be extended until mid-2022, consultancy firm saysTue Jul 06 2021 - 05:27
Global emissions from agriculture set to rise by 4% over next decade, report saysMajor UN, OECD study pinpoints livestock production as major problem areasMon Jul 05 2021 - 15:37
Government ‘should adopt’ minimum effective corporation tax rate of 10%Social Justice Ireland calls for reform of business tax code hereMon Jul 05 2021 - 13:15
‘Forced change’ to Ireland’s corporate tax rate could trigger migration of activityReport by DBRS Morningstar, however, describes risks to Ireland as ‘distant’Mon Jul 05 2021 - 10:48
House price inflation jumps to 11% on weak supplyProperty company DNG publishes latest house price gaugeMon Jul 05 2021 - 07:52
The Irish don’t have an obsession with property, the market just doesn’t workQuaint to think Ireland’s history of land eviction having effect on first-time buyers nowSun Jul 04 2021 - 14:36
UK’s Team17 acquires Dublin-based StoryToys for €22mStoryToys chief says Team17 is the ‘perfect home’ for the app developer firmFri Jul 02 2021 - 10:08
Grafton completes €199m acquisition of Finnish PPE maker IKHIrish building materials group gains foothold in Finnish marketFri Jul 02 2021 - 08:31
Relaxing mortgage rules could fuel another credit bubble, warns top bankerCentral Bank to review its lending rules amid calls to loosen strict criteria for borrowersThu Jul 01 2021 - 15:57
State’s private rented sector trebles in size in 21 yearsRental sector accommodates one in five households, housing conference hearsThu Jul 01 2021 - 12:51
Multinationals channelled €27bn through Ireland in 2016, report claimsStudy indicates State is second-largest beneficiary of ‘profit shifting’ in EUThu Jul 01 2021 - 05:45
Dublin’s high living costs sees it rank mid-table in best cities surveyCapital scores highly for remote working infrastructure but not for cost of renting home office spaceThu Jul 01 2021 - 05:25
Central Bank warns of 25,000 fewer new homes due to pandemicCovid-19 and savings build-up may stoke housing crisis, says regulatorThu Jul 01 2021 - 04:30
Manufacturing activity stays near record high as new orders rise at fastest rate everAIB’s June PMI points to strong pick-up in activity as economy gradually reopenedThu Jul 01 2021 - 04:30
Economy set for surge as households to splash €12bn savingsCentral Bank upgrades growth forecast while warning on public financesThu Jul 01 2021 - 04:15
State’s unemployment rate falls to 18% as outdoor hospitality reopensDecision to delay full reopening likely to slow recoveryWed Jun 30 2021 - 11:57
Irish consumers spend €94m less on supermarket booze as pubs reopenShoppers avail of chance to eat and drink away from home as economy reopensMon Jun 28 2021 - 18:48
House prices in Wexford, Waterford and Kerry jump by over 20%Remote working and purchasing of holiday homes drive prices in the three coastal countiesMon Jun 28 2021 - 18:29
Retail sales advance in May as consumers flock to reopened shopsLatest CSO data point to 1.8 per cent rise on previous monthMon Jun 28 2021 - 12:26
House prices surge 13% as ‘red hot’ demand outstrips supplyReports from two property websites reveal strong pick-up in price growthMon Jun 28 2021 - 11:08
Ibec warns Government spending on Covid will limit potential for tax cutsEmployers’ group upgrades growth forecast for economy but warns of need for fiscal disciplineMon Jun 28 2021 - 05:45
Government failing on most basic climate actions, solar energy group claimsAssociation says delay in key scheme will jeopardise carbon-reduction targetsSun Jun 27 2021 - 18:40
Half of taxpayers unaware of personal tax obligations, survey findsStudy finds widespread confusion around tax filing requirements for both PAYE and non-PAYE incomeSun Jun 27 2021 - 18:28