US markets optimism drives European values into positive territoryDublin’s Iseq index advances on the back of big banks and other heavyweight stocksFri Oct 28 2022 - 19:05
Ireland’s night-time economy is in genuine peril - why were licensing reforms so long coming?Government’s proposals for overhauling the licensing laws and extending pub and club opening hours is far-reaching but necessaryFri Oct 28 2022 - 05:20
Dermot Desmond agrees €65m bailout of Canadian diamond minerBusinessman has agreed to swap Mountain Province Diamond loan notes due next month for a new tranche due in three years timeFri Oct 28 2022 - 05:00
C&C sees ‘resilient’ first half, but warns of challenges aheadRevenue for September was 5% lowerThu Oct 27 2022 - 07:54
Markets rise as traders dare to hope central banks will ease off rate hikesIseq index up by only a quarter of 1% as banks fail to fire while downbeat guidance from Microsoft and Alphabet hit tech stocksWed Oct 26 2022 - 18:50
‘Inertia’ among KBC and Ulster Bank switchers means banks must do more Of more than 850,000 accounts still open at the two departing institutions, around 300,000 are users’ main accounts increasing their risk of disruptionWed Oct 26 2022 - 18:12
Former chief justice Frank Clarke mediates ‘INM 19′ casesNewspaper publisher Mediahuis Ireland has settled several legal cases brought over illegal trawl of emailsWed Oct 26 2022 - 05:00
Irish whiskey sales up 21% on last year but small producers hit by glass bottles and malt price hikesIrish Whiskey Association’s international trade report cites supply chain issues as a major threatWed Oct 26 2022 - 05:00
Aldi ‘frustrated’ in search for Dublin outlet sites The company insists it will not overpay for sites in the capital, where many of its rivals are better representedSat Oct 22 2022 - 06:00
Global hotel brands check in to Dublin but sector faces big challengesCapital is a magnet for latest big brands but inflation, staffing and cuts to disposable income mean road ahead is far from easyFri Oct 21 2022 - 05:15
We should thank the central bankers for not easing mortgage rules years agoIf the rules had been loosened sooner or, worse, not adopted at all, house prices would now be even higher with many borrowers in bigger trouble as rates riseFri Oct 21 2022 - 05:00
Equity markets calm after Truss resignationShares rise as the British prime minister announces her resignationThu Oct 20 2022 - 19:40
Mediahuis settles several data breach claimsFormer Independent News & Media firm sets aside close to €10m for legal casesThu Oct 20 2022 - 05:00
Concrete levy to be cut to 5% and delayed until September next yearMinister for Finance says charge, designed to cover cost of repairing building defects, will be in place ‘for the foreseeable future’Tue Oct 18 2022 - 17:56
Supermarkets score highly in customer service research while utilities and banks rank poorlyCredit unions top annual rankings for eighth year in a rowTue Oct 18 2022 - 05:15
Britain’s fiscal U-turn calms market jitters as banks and real estate lift European stocksIseq in Dublin rose by 2.5 per cent as big hitters finished the session ahead and large banks rose amid more stable atmosphereMon Oct 17 2022 - 20:16
Cardinal Capital invests €30m in Northern Ireland kitchens companyUform will use investment to grow the business in Ireland and the UKMon Oct 17 2022 - 17:51
Fuel imports from Britain soar as economy recovers after CovidOfficial statistics suggest the pharmaceuticals industry is helping to drive a rise in exportsMon Oct 17 2022 - 13:40
Irish trade unions edge closer to Holy Grail of mandatory recognition by employers - but issues remainA working group has told the Government that employers should be forced by court order to deal with trade unions. But turning that into a reality is still some way awayFri Oct 07 2022 - 05:00
Dermot Desmond owed more than €30m by loss-making eSpatial SolutionsDublin-headquartered geomapping business has racked up losses of €40.8 millionWed Oct 05 2022 - 18:52
No let-up in State’s corporate tax boom as monthly receipts double in September to €2bnState took in almost as much last month in taxes from business as it did from taxing workers’ payTue Oct 04 2022 - 18:36
Brody Sweeney’s Camile Thai takeaways delivered a surge in growth in 2021Accounts for the group’s seven company-operated sites show profits jumped by a third last year to nearly €574,000Tue Oct 04 2022 - 16:03
Tourism and hospitality staffing crisis easing as employers hike pay ratesFáilte Ireland research suggests shortage is still hampering the sector but it has started to easeTue Oct 04 2022 - 05:00
Markets gain amid hope central banks will slow rate hikes due to weak economic dataThe Iseq index in Dublin rose by almost 0.5 per centMon Oct 03 2022 - 18:46
Housing market beginning to ‘cool off’, MyHome.ie saysHouse price growth slowed to 7.8 per cent as the summer endedMon Oct 03 2022 - 06:15
Deloitte Ireland revenues surge to €429m but client sentiment ‘more cautious’The bulk of the firm's growth in Ireland was driven by its consulting wingMon Oct 03 2022 - 05:30
Debts of bust businesses to top €2bn in 2022 and are rising fast, report findsPwC says insolvency rate in Ireland is currently one-third of the UKMon Oct 03 2022 - 05:00
National Lottery operator uses nearly all unclaimed prizes to boost advertising budgetAbout €120m of unclaimed prizes between 2015 and 2021 were used for 'marketing' while just €2 million was used to top up prizesFri Sept 30 2022 - 18:50
Mica redress should not require concrete levy, ESRI saysCost of various building defect redress schemes, which could hit €6bn, could be "socialised" with windfall revenues, says economist Barra RoantreeFri Sept 30 2022 - 17:34
Debate over 9% VAT is Irish tourism’s Neverending Story and it isn’t finished yetLeo Varadkar’s intervention after the budget this week seemed calculated to keep the issue on the tableFri Sept 30 2022 - 05:00
Markets roiled by fears over inflation and further steep interest rate hikesThe Iseq in Dublin fell heavily, with Bank of Ireland prominent in a sea of redThu Sept 29 2022 - 19:38
Number of mortgage approvals to buy homes falls compared with 2021Industry data shows surge in mortgage switchers and those fixing to escape interest rate hikesThu Sept 29 2022 - 06:00
Minister wanted tourism’s VAT rate kept at 9% and says decision to raise it will face ‘review’Tourism industry hopes a change in Taoiseach and Minister for Finance at the end of the year will preface a decision to stop the rate reverting up to 13.5 per centWed Sept 28 2022 - 13:04
Businesses will be able to claim up to €10,000 per month towards electricity and gas costsBudget 2023: Paschal Donohoe announces new support scheme targeted at SMEs and administered by RevenueTue Sept 27 2022 - 14:48
Tourism’s 9% VAT coming to an end, but Varadkar leaves door ajar for possible extensionBudget 2023: VAT rate for tourism and hospitality will revert to 13.5 per cent on March 1stTue Sept 27 2022 - 14:42
Lufthansa Technik’s Irish operations claimed $18.4m from taxpayers in 2021 ahead of the sale of a division in ShannonOne of its three Irish units, an aircraft maintenance operation at Shannon, was later sold to Atlantic Aviation securing 300 jobs after 180 redundanciesFri Sept 23 2022 - 15:40
Lenehans restaurant in Rathmines closes Dublin 6 venue founded by husband-and-wife team Paul Byrne and Fiona McHugh has suffered cost increasesFri Sept 23 2022 - 12:47
Hoteliers hint boom time is over as they call for extension of 9% VAT rateIrish Hotels Federation warns of 'rapidly cooling demand' amid galloping price hikesFri Sept 23 2022 - 07:49
National Children’s Hospital builder BAM Ireland reports a return to growth and profitsRevenues at the firm surged by more than one-third in 2021, accounts showFri Sept 23 2022 - 06:00
Mark Paul: Runaway public spenders are like climate change deniers who want our kids to pick up the tabIt is as wrong to spend tomorrow's public cash today as it is to leave future generations the job of fixing the planetFri Sept 23 2022 - 05:00
Meticulous Clare man keeping up the standards at Dublin 4′s plushest hotelNicky Logue is as nitpicky as any serious five-star hotel manager but he has a 'giddy' side tooFri Sept 23 2022 - 01:00
Government cannot ‘empty the tank’ with budget energy supports, Varadkar saysSubsidies for business in next week’s budget will be ‘broad based’, Tánaiste saysThu Sept 22 2022 - 20:00
Dutch bank Rabobank gets €550m cash windfall from Irish operationThe institution, which used to operate here as ACC Bank, has taken €681m in dividends from Ireland since it quit the retail market in 2018Wed Sept 21 2022 - 05:00
Prospects of US rate hikes and economic slowdown keep markets subduedIseq in Dublin falls 1.6 per centTue Sept 20 2022 - 19:27
Tourism sector cuts recovery projections even if 9% VAT retained Industry believes return of visitors to pre-pandemic levels will stall over worries of European recessionMon Sept 19 2022 - 05:00
Aer Lingus shutdown caused by fibre-optic rupture at UK building siteAirline descended into chaos with more than 50 flights cancelled as airline could not process check-in and boarding of passengersFri Sept 16 2022 - 17:56
Gas price surge trebles profits on Corrib gas field for foreign investorsLatest quarterly results for 20% owner Vermilion Energy suggest the field could throw off total profits this year of up to €1 billionFri Sept 16 2022 - 05:15
Tax report has something to suit every political hue, but will ultimately amount to nothing The Commission on Taxation and Welfare’s eye-catching proposals push the boundaries of what the public will acceptFri Sept 16 2022 - 05:00
Government called on to tap €855m training fund surplus to help businessesPre-budget submissions from retailers and recruiters want initiatives funded from National Training Fund excessThu Sept 15 2022 - 05:15
Fears over interest rates and growth weigh on consumer stocksEuropean shares fall as worries over US economy reach across AtlanticWed Sept 14 2022 - 19:21
