Did we catastrophise Brexit?Four years on from UK’s official departure from the EU, the Irish economy is relatively untrammelled by the new arrangementsSun Apr 14 2024 - 12:30
From laggard to first mover: ECB could be first big central bank to cut ratesWhile Frankfurt, as predicted, kept rates unchanged on Thursday, policymakers signalled the possibility of a rate cut at their next meeting in JuneThu Apr 11 2024 - 17:01
Housing commencements surge 67% in first quarterGoodbody’s latest housing tracker highlights big jump in activity ahead of ending levy waiverWed Apr 10 2024 - 18:21
Switch to electric cars hits speed bump with further decline in salesNumber of newly licensed electric vehicles down almost 10 per cent in the first quarter, CSO figures showWed Apr 10 2024 - 13:38
Dairygold reports declines in revenue and profit, citing weak demandCork-based dairy processor says retaining Ireland’s derogation from the EU’s nitrates directive ‘absolutely critical’ for farmer and processor viabilityWed Apr 10 2024 - 12:24
Output from multinational-dominated ‘modern sector’ of economy drops 21%CSO figures production in manufacturing industries fell on an annualised basis in the three months from December to FebruaryTue Apr 09 2024 - 16:00
Investment in Irish commercial real estate slumps to post-crash lowReport by Sherry FitzGerald highlights dramatic fall-off in investment on back of higher interest interestsTue Apr 09 2024 - 05:52
Harris’s 250,000-home pledge would need 375 new GPs and 1,250 hospital beds, ESRI saysESRI develops tool for planners to ensure that new housing is matched with sufficient healthcare servicesTue Apr 09 2024 - 00:06
European stocks rise while oil prices slip after recent highsLondon’s FTSE 100 recovered some, but not all, of its losses from FridayMon Apr 08 2024 - 18:10
Number on Live Register falls despite pick-up in headline unemploymentCSO said the number in receipt of benefits fell to 174,500 on a seasonally-adjusted basis in MarchMon Apr 08 2024 - 12:12
North’s ailing economy explains the high cost of unificationRegardless of the terms of disengagement by UK in any unification, there is no magic economic pill to bring NI up to standards down SouthSun Apr 07 2024 - 11:00
Europe’s Stoxx 600 at two-week low in broader market declineUtilities, retail and telecommunications were the worst-hit sectors, down between 1.6 per cent and 2.2 per centFri Apr 05 2024 - 18:55
Donohoe warns departments as Government spending jumps 15% in first quarter Government spending totals €22.8bn for first three months of the year, which was €2.9bn or 14.9 per cent above the same period in 2023Fri Apr 05 2024 - 05:38
Corporate tax over-performance ‘coming to an end’ as receipts fall, McGrath warnsLatest exchequer returns show the Government collected €20.1 billion in tax revenue up to the end of MarchThu Apr 04 2024 - 16:32
Some €100bn in excess corporate tax could be saved in new sovereign wealth fund Legislation published to establish two new state funds aimed at future-proofing the State’s financesThu Apr 04 2024 - 14:13
Unemployment rises to 4.3% in MarchLatest data indicate there were 122,100 people classified as unemployed last monthThu Apr 04 2024 - 11:51
Irish workers twice as productive as EU counterparts, CSO figures showEmployees here added on average €97.10 to the value of the economy for every hour they worked in the final quarter of 2023Wed Apr 03 2024 - 12:27
Euro zone inflation falls more than expected, firming path to June interest rate cutEurostat’s latest flash estimate of the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) for the currency bloc as a whole was 2.4% in MarchWed Apr 03 2024 - 10:57
Irish inflation falls below ECB target rate of 2% for first time in nearly three yearsHeadline price growth in economy falls to 1.7% in March, according to CSO’s harmonised index of consumer pricesTue Apr 02 2024 - 11:30
Dublin 8′s long wait for a playing pitch goes onThe Marrowbone Lane depot site has been derelict for more than a decade as the arguments about what should go there go back and forthSun Mar 31 2024 - 15:20
European stocks mark best quarter in a year as rally broadensEurope’s Stoxx 600 was up 0.2 per cent, bringing quarterly gains to about 7 per centThu Mar 28 2024 - 19:24
Retail sales slump 2% as cost-of-living challenge keeps spending tightLargest monthly declines were recorded in motor trades, department stores and clothing, footwear and textilesThu Mar 28 2024 - 12:51
House price inflation accelerates amid chronic lack of supply in second-hand market, Sherry FitzGerald findsAsking prices for second-hand homes nationally rose by 5.1% on an annual basis in the first quarter, estate agency saysWed Mar 27 2024 - 19:03
Irish economy to see positive trajectory in 2024, ESRI forecastsInstitute delivers upbeat assessment of economy while warning of infrastructural bottlenecks in housing and other areasWed Mar 27 2024 - 06:00
More than two-thirds of people are living in homes too big for their needs, ESRI research finds Housing units in State ‘on average bigger with fewer people living in them’, according to Economic and Social Research Institute studyWed Mar 27 2024 - 00:01
Housing: Asking prices rise as stock of available homes hits new low – Daft.ieCompany links latest price trend to overall shortage of properties available to buy particularly in second-hand market and relaxation of mortgage rulesTue Mar 26 2024 - 00:01
Costs of social housing construction in Dublin are double those elsewhere Sinn Féin housing spokesman Eoin Ó Broin says figures show if land-related costs are kept in State ownership and extracted from final value, ‘you can sell bricks-and-mortar house at a price below €300,000′Tue Mar 26 2024 - 00:00
At least two firms may individually pay 10% of Republic’s corporate tax, cautions report Parliamentary Budget Office report highlights massive concentration risk at the heart of State’s corporate tax baseMon Mar 25 2024 - 17:25
Ireland’s interface with climate change: extreme floodingOffice of Public Works delivers eye-catching assessment of risk posed to Dublin from extreme flooding eventSun Mar 24 2024 - 14:29
Varadkar’s economic legacy: a return to full employment and a woeful underinvestment in infrastructureThe outgoing Taoiseach’s departure speech gave an insight into where he feels his achievements really lieThu Mar 21 2024 - 15:09
Irish house prices accelerate for fifth month in a rowLatest CSO residential property price index shows prices rose by 5.4% on an annual basis in JanuaryWed Mar 20 2024 - 11:26
Half of US firms warn housing shortage biggest barrier to investing in IrelandOverwhelming majority of companies see issue as ‘extremely or very challenging’ for staffWed Mar 20 2024 - 10:54
Employment in IT sector sinks by almost 6,000 as restructurings continueThe CSO report utilises real-time Revenue data to detect trends in the labour marketTue Mar 19 2024 - 12:40
New EU directive will make companies legally liable for environmental damage Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, which aims to curb corporate abuses on human rights and the environment, approved by EU 27Mon Mar 18 2024 - 06:30
Two-thirds of 147,000 homes applied for under Government’s fast-track planning system remain undevelopedGovernment’s strategic housing development system was intended to speed up delivery but was scrapped after it generated a multiple legal casesMon Mar 18 2024 - 06:00
Government’s fast-track housing plan comes unstuck in the courts Now-defunct strategic housing development system resulted in 48 judicial review casesSun Mar 17 2024 - 13:28
Planning permissions jumped 21% last year with apartments accounting for over halfCentral Statistics Office figures show 41,225 units were granted planning in 2023Thu Mar 14 2024 - 15:28
Some relief for households as inflation eases but underlying price growth remains strongLatest Consumer Price Index indicates headline inflation has now fallen for three consecutive months, reflecting a general easing of pricing pressures internationallyThu Mar 14 2024 - 11:54
Number of women working remotely up 300% during coronavirus pandemic CSO data points to massive rise in women availing of more flexible working arrangementsWed Mar 13 2024 - 15:54
Average interest rate on new Irish mortgages creeps higherLatest increase expected to bring increase in loan arrears, given the number of homeowners set to see fixed rates expireWed Mar 13 2024 - 12:41
Central Bank predicting boon for workers as wage rises catch up with inflationRegulator is forecasting that real wages for the average employee will rise by almost 9 per cent over the next three yearsTue Mar 12 2024 - 17:07
Housing output rising to 37,000 units a year by 2026 as commercial real estate slump frees up workers Forecast appears to clash with recent report from BNP Paribas which points to slump in residential activity hereTue Mar 12 2024 - 05:45
Workers in Ireland in line for biggest pay hike in a decade, Central Bank saysReal incomes will rise by almost 9 per cent over the next three years, Central Bank predictsTue Mar 12 2024 - 00:01
Switch to electric motoring accelerates with more motorists opting to buy EVsDespite the increase in sales, the overall take-up of EVs (electric vehicles) in the Republic is still modest by international standardsMon Mar 11 2024 - 12:24
Irish households save almost €17bn in 2023 but higher prices keeps pressure on Households added €16.8 billion in savings to their wealth in 2023, compared to €17.6 billion previous yearMon Mar 11 2024 - 11:55
Immigrants and the economic blame gameGetting a taxi, buying a coffee or dining out in Dublin are services that are now - in the main - supplied by immigrant labourSun Mar 10 2024 - 13:04
European shares jump 1% after ECB rate decisionPan-European Stoxx 600 extends gains and hit a fresh record high, rising 1 per centThu Mar 07 2024 - 18:25
Inflation sees almost 900,000 people experience ‘enforced deprivation’ Latest economic data shows income rose in most households last year but fell in real terms when adjusted for inflationThu Mar 07 2024 - 12:28
State’s unemployment rate unexpectedly drops to 4.2% Latest CSO figures indicate there were 119,300 people classified as unemployed in February, compared with 129,300 the previous monthWed Mar 06 2024 - 11:24
Greencoat enjoys jump in cash revenue as it acquires more assetsDublin-listed wind and solar energy group says its protfolio produced renewable energy to power roughly 750,000 homesWed Mar 06 2024 - 07:49
