Value of Irish exports falls by €2bn in a monthLatest trade numbers come amid signs global downturn may be on the wayThu Aug 15 2019 - 11:59
Property price growth cools to six-year low of 2%Latest official figures show headline rate of inflation in Dublin was just 0.1% in JuneWed Aug 14 2019 - 11:12
Housing market ‘has stabilised’ with price growth set to stay weakGradual improvement in supply has tamed inflation, Savills analyst saysWed Aug 14 2019 - 05:45
Providence hints at ‘alternative’ finance after latest missed deadlineOil explorer again forced to extend deadline for receipt of funds from Chinese investorTue Aug 13 2019 - 19:01
‘Boris blues’ sends Irish consumer sentiment to five-year lowLatest barometer slumps as prospect of no-deal Brexit looms on horizonTue Aug 13 2019 - 05:00
Banking lobby group calls for retention of Help to Buy schemeBanking and Payments Federation Ireland says scheme is bolstering supply of homesMon Aug 12 2019 - 16:47
Fifth of all mortgages in 2018 availed of rule exemptions, study findsCentral Bank’s tough rules still allow for certain amount of discretionary lendingFri Jul 26 2019 - 15:38
Retail sales rise in June despite threat of hard BrexitLatest monthly gauge suggests underlying trend was broadly flatFri Jul 26 2019 - 11:40
Siro secures €200m funding package for broadband rolloutTelecoms firm plans to use proceeds to connect 450,000 homes to its serviceFri Jul 26 2019 - 05:10
Siro now a serious challenger to Eir in fibre arms raceSiro boss John Keaney says telco is about to deepen operations in Cork and Galway and take the fight to Eir in Dublin’s suburbsFri Jul 26 2019 - 05:00
Irish labour productivity growing at three times EU rateFigures show productivity grew at an average of 3.9 per cent between 2000 and 2017Thu Jul 25 2019 - 16:05
Stocks rise on earnings as sterling fallsSmurfit Kappa rises 5 per cent, Dublin financials also buoyedTue Jul 23 2019 - 18:40
Dublin’s Central Hotel acquired by Deutsche FinanceHotel and nearby Trinity Street Car Park bought in DFI joint venture with BCP CapitalMon Jul 22 2019 - 09:26
Providence extends Barryroe loan deadline yet againExploration firm is awaiting the receipt of $10m in funding Chinese company ApecMon Jul 22 2019 - 07:40
Donohoe rejects Ifac criticism of spending plansMinister defends use of corporation tax receipts to cover expenditure increasesThu Jul 18 2019 - 17:55
Tax strategy papers: the key highlightsIncome tax; changes to USC and PRSI and levies on carbon usage, motoring and food supplements all featureThu Jul 18 2019 - 12:59
Economy could be overheating by end of the year, says think tankNevin Economic Research Institute is predicting economic growth of 4.6% this yearThu Jul 18 2019 - 10:14
Middle-income taxpayers may lose out if PRSI and USC mergedVaradkar pledge to raise highest tax band would cost €2.3bn in a yearThu Jul 18 2019 - 10:07
€50,000 threshold for higher rate tax will cost €2.3bnNumber of workers paying higher rate tax has more than doubled since 2010Wed Jul 17 2019 - 17:54
Sterling could move to parity with euro ‘and beyond’ if Brexit turns ‘messy’Investec currency analyst predicts another major slide in event of no-deal exitWed Jul 17 2019 - 13:43
Dunnes seeks to acquire JC’s Supermarket in SwordsRetailer has notified competition authority of the proposed transactionTue Jul 16 2019 - 15:09
Telecoms companies to face clampdown on ‘fake fibre’ advertsAdvertising watchdog plans to restrict when word ‘fibre’ can be used in broadband advertsTue Jul 16 2019 - 12:45
Government stays firm on digital tax in wake of French pushMove to impose annual levy, if taken up by other EU states, could leave Ireland isolatedMon Jul 15 2019 - 16:28
Irish exports to Britain rise despite Brexit uncertaintyLatest figures show trade between Republic and Britain remains strongMon Jul 15 2019 - 11:44
Kellogg plans to eliminate up to 58 jobs in DublinStaff to be offered redundancy package of just three weeks’ pay per year of serviceSat Jul 13 2019 - 03:15
Green light for €350m city quarter at Wilton Park in Dublin 2Property fund Iput granted planning permission for ambitious 450,000sq ft schemeFri Jul 12 2019 - 16:30
Digital tax could reduce Ireland’s corporate takeWarning comes as France pushes ahead with 3% tax on digital revenuesFri Jul 12 2019 - 13:07
Ireland’s debt: €44,365 is owed by every man, woman and child in the StateCSO numbers show burden is four times higher than pre-crisis levelsFri Jul 12 2019 - 12:19
Eir’s baffling broadband plan offer raises suspicions of sabotageDisjuncture between firm’s inside-the-process cost of €2.75bn and new claim is jarringFri Jul 12 2019 - 05:15
Regulator raises prospect of forcing State to provide rural broadband even at a lossComreg says EU directive allows member states use a USO - legally obliging the State to provide a service even if its uneconomic to operate - to ensure broadband coverageThu Jul 11 2019 - 17:58
European shares end lower as Fed optimism short-livedMarkets report: Airbus rises after strong delivery numbers, Superdry slumps to a lossWed Jul 10 2019 - 19:34
House prices: have we reached peak affordability?Latest figures indicate another pronounced slowdown in headline property-price inflationWed Jul 10 2019 - 12:45
Property price inflation slows to six-year low of 2.8%Latest official figures show the headline rate of inflation in the capital city Dublin at 0.6%Wed Jul 10 2019 - 11:20
‘Concentrated’ nature of Irish economy leaves it open to shocksNational Competitiveness Council warns of risks to economic sustainabilityWed Jul 10 2019 - 11:08
Fly Leasing contracted to sell portfolio of Airbus A320s and Boeing 737sNew York-listed aircraft finance business anticipates sales will generate $125m of cashMon Jul 08 2019 - 18:49
Dublin office leasing activity still strong despite Q2 dipProperty specialists CBRE says market is being driven by record level of demandMon Jul 08 2019 - 16:39
Large-scale investors: the cause or the solution to our housing woes?Reports claim funds are not cause of high rents and may be key to unlocking supplyMon Jul 08 2019 - 12:06
Corporate investors not the cause of high rents, report claimsStudy by Davy suggests big funds may be key to unlocking supply and cooling rentsMon Jul 08 2019 - 06:54
A 100% chance of recession: what do economists thinkIrish analysts broadly agree on likelihood of some type of reversal for economyFri Jul 05 2019 - 13:19
Central Bank fines Wells Fargo nearly €6m for regulatory breachesFine ranks as second largest imposed by Irish regulatorFri Jul 05 2019 - 10:41
Irish-US trade now worth €120bn annually, Donohoe saysEmerging global tax reforms will impact transatlantic trade – Minister for FinanceThu Jul 04 2019 - 18:29
Chances of another recession in Ireland 100%, says NTMA chiefConor O’Kelly says Lagarde nomination at ECB is ‘positive’ for IrelandThu Jul 04 2019 - 17:58
No-deal Brexit could result in €6bn shock to public finances, Donohoe warnsBrexit is detrimental for economy ‘whatever form it takes’, says Minister for FinanceWed Jul 03 2019 - 18:10
Record 271,000 businesses operating in Irish economy, new figures showCSO data shows businesses employ a record 1.55 million peopleWed Jul 03 2019 - 11:57
Corporation tax: the gift that keeps on givingThe latest exchequer figures show no slide in business tax windfallWed Jul 03 2019 - 09:42
Half-year exchequer returns signal another record tax takeLatest figures show tax revenue for the year to date has risen by nearly €1.7bnTue Jul 02 2019 - 18:22
Unemployment remains at 14-year low of 4.5% in JuneLast time unemployment was at this level was in October 2005Tue Jul 02 2019 - 11:37
Ireland’s €200bn debt burden: how did we get here?Q&A: And how much are the debt servicing costs on such a monster sum?Mon Jul 01 2019 - 15:52
Incoming Central Bank governor to make statement on ‘hacking’ reportGabriel Makhlouf’s handling of budget leak has been severely criticisedMon Jul 01 2019 - 13:17
Ireland paid over €60bn interest on national debt in 10 yearsNational Treasury Management Agency chief highlights high cost of servicing €200bn debtMon Jul 01 2019 - 10:07
