ESRI to warn Government of no major uptick in housing supply this year or next
Planning a major constraint on the housing system
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Long running inquiry announced findings this week
Government must ‘anchor’ spending as Ireland faces potential permanent economic hit from tariffs, official says
Central Bank official Vasileios Madouros says shifts in US trade policy have potential to permanently hit Irish economic output
‘Repulsive’; ‘obscene’; ‘genocide’: Dáil voices rise in unison over Israel’s slaughter in Gaza
Sinn Féin leader gets short shrift from Taoiseach in row over Central Bank’s Israeli war bonds issues
Ciara Kelleher on her two Custom House Capital fraud trials: ‘The powers that be refused to listen to the truth’
Former employee was accused of conspiring to defraud customers and faced two trials that ended with hung juries before DPP dropped charges
Banks obliged to retain ATMs under legislation passed by Seanad
Bill introduced after concerns that ATMs being removed following decline in cash usage
Goldman Sachs reported to be in talks to launch retail bank in Ireland
US giant weighing move into this country
US-China tariff truce will lessen shock but won’t stop prices rising, Fed governor warns
Adriana Kugler says she still expects to see higher prices and slower growth
Why do Irish people continue to make the same mistakes with their savings?
The annual growth rate of bank savings has more than doubled from pre-Covid levels
Credit union lending up 12%, buoyed by mortgages and easing restrictions
Personal loans continue to make up majority of lending
ESRI appoints Prof Martina Lawless as new director
Martina Lawless worked as a research economist with the Central Bank for ten years before joining the ESRI in 2015
Pepper says it hasn’t seen arrears spike that S&P reported among ‘mortgage prisoners’
S&P said in a report last week that 25.7 per cent of Irish reperforming loans held in residential mortgage-backed securities deals were behind in repayments at the end of December
Former bonds trader targets gaps in the Irish mortgage market
Núa Money co-founder Fergal O’Leary says there is an opportunity for more players to come into the Irish mortgage market and take market share from the banks
Irish mortgage rates continue to fall but remain higher than EU average
New mortgage lending up 22% in February, says Central Bank
Credit union mortgages jump more than 40% by value as sector eyes new lending rules
Central Bank of Ireland has proposed lifting financial crisis-era limits on credit union lending to €8.6bn from current €2.9bn
Waystone Fund Management fine confirmed by High Court
Fund manager failed to response adquately to red flags and conflicts of interest, court told
Central Bank commission discussed concerns over its role in approving Israeli bonds documents
Commission agreed to issue responses reflecting correspondence previously sent to Oireachtas finance committee
More than 950 Irish exporters face Trump tariffs
Seen & Heard: Flatley and McGregor, housing bottlenecks, and Fine Gael support slips
The Uninsurables: One in 20 Irish houses struggles to get flood insurance
We’ve been lucky so far but ‘only a matter of time before a 3m storm surge’ hits Ireland
Builders ‘fear blacklist’ from calling out housing bottlenecks, says finance provider
Roundtower head says just choosing a name can take authorities up to nine months
Makhlouf’s housing comments touch nerve in Government
Regulator wonders out loud if Government’s many policies and interventions in housing market were ‘mutually supportive’
One in three Irish parents saving for their children, not themselves
Central Bank report shows Ireland’s savings rate at 13.8%, higher than 10 years ago, but still below the euro zone average
Updated consumer protection code to get rid of ‘opt-out’ insurance renewals
Central Bank governor Gabriel Makhlouf says code has been updated ‘to reflect the provision of financial services in a digital world’
More than two-thirds of injury claims under employers’ and public liability policies were settled through litigation
Central Bank finding comes despite law reforms designed to reduce need for legal action in such cases
Central Bank cuts growth forecasts amid US tariff threat
Regulator warns US uncertainty now chief threat to Irish economy
Government urged to address ‘disproportionately poor’ savings rates for Irish consumers
Central Bank data show that up to €140 billion of Irish deposits still resides in overnight deposit accounts, accruing just 0.13 per cent in interest
Housing and infrastructure crises threaten investment, Central Bank warns
Central Bank governor Gabriel Makhlouf warns minister of risks
Bovale secures €44.6m from sale of Dublin Central Logistics Park
Central Bank among three purchasers of 91-acre landbank next to M50 motorway
NTMA allows Davy return as primary dealer of Irish government bonds
State agency gives Davy green light to return almost four years after it was dropped
Texts weren’t designed to be secure, and two-factor authentication isn’t safe
Who is responsible when verification goes wrong?
Mortgage rates fall to 20-month low as Irish lenders respond to ECB cuts
Deposit rates also in decline, according to Central Bank data, squeezing savers
Catfishing: How one Irish woman lost €20,000 to a person she thought was Coldplay’s Chris Martin
While doomscrolling, Stacey noticed a post from Coldplay. She responded with a single word. Almost immediately, something surprising happened
Huge rise in suspect cryptocurrency transactions in Ireland
More than 100,000 suspicious transaction reports to Revenue and Garda in last two years
Will Central Bank pursue other bankers as tracker inquiry finds against ex-PTSB CEO?
So far David Guinane is the only individual to have been pursued to the end in relation to the trackers
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