The State must pay €2.8 million into a liquidated company’s workers’ pension scheme following a landmark ruling by the Workplace Relations Commission. Barry O’Halloran has the details on a case that dates back to 2009.
In our Your Money Q&A, a reader asks if there are any implications of working for their German employer from their home in Ireland. Dominic Coyle offers a view.
Pets can be great companions but if they have health issues they can also cost their owners a lot of money. In our Your Money feature, Cian O’Connell looks at the pet insurance options available to owners that might help to keep the costs down.
Having lost her seat in the recent election, what will Catherine Martin’s legacy be as media minister? Our columnist Laura Slattery believes it could be her work on the implementation of a content levy – sometimes dubbed a “Netflix levy” – on streaming services and pay-TV companies operating in the Irish market.
Bord na Móna is close to finalising a deal to sell its waste management business, according to sources close to the State company. Barry O’Halloran has the details.
Steven McKenna will step down as chief executive of the Sherry FitzGerald Group next February, after eight years at the helm. Ciarán Hancock reports on his surprise decision to leave the country’s largest estate agent.
Who are the big lenders of residential mortgages? Who provides credit to businesses? What form of lending are credit unions most involved in? These and other questions are answered in a new report by the Central Bank of Ireland, which is seeking to make stuffy financial statistics more accessible to the public, writes Cantillon.
Cantillon also looks at the outlook for more ECB rate cuts and outlines what the market reckons will happen next year on rates.
In Me & My Money, Fionnuala Brabazon, chief executive of Killruddery Estate in Co Wicklow, talks about how her retirement plan is very much linked to the success of the estate.
AI and political risks loom large in 2025, so buckle up, writes Stocktake.
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