Central Bank calls for restraint over pay demandsWarning comes only days after Siptu’s call for 5% pay increase across the economyWed Feb 04 2015 - 01:00
Tax revenues €460m ahead of last yearIncome tax continues to rise while VAT receipts increasedTue Feb 03 2015 - 17:01
Central Bank raises economic growth forecastGovernment should maintain ‘prudent’ fiscal stance, it saysTue Feb 03 2015 - 13:53
National Treasury Management Agency to sell 30-year bonds for first timeState borrowing costs lower than everTue Feb 03 2015 - 01:00
John Bruton calls for increased support for preschool educationFormer taoiseach says it is essential to give every educational advantage to small childrenFri Jan 30 2015 - 07:38
Europe waits to get measure of Tsipras before debt dealRhetorical games since victory are the shadow-boxing preamble to the main eventFri Jan 30 2015 - 01:00
Mark Carney: Ireland has made tremendous progressBank of England governor says Irish economy has fixed the core of its bankingThu Jan 29 2015 - 06:30
Bank of England chief Mark Carney sees key German role in securing euroCarney: Berlin’s national interest best served by making payments to other member statesThu Jan 29 2015 - 01:00
Tightened mortgage rules provide some relief for first-time buyersWith immediate limits on credit excess, the loan caps aim to steady the marketWed Jan 28 2015 - 09:32
IMF urges control of commercial property inflationReport welcomes Central Bank action but highlights spike in commercial sectorWed Jan 28 2015 - 01:00
IMF warns of risks over phasing in mortgage lending capFund also says State should look at universal welfare entitlementsTue Jan 27 2015 - 17:45
Greece election fallout: EU leaders reluctant to give Athens a passEuro zone officials indicate the best Tsipras can angle for is an easing of loan conditionsTue Jan 27 2015 - 07:40
Request to access IBRC liquidation records refused‘Irish Times’ sought reports to Minister on termination of IBRCTue Jan 27 2015 - 01:00
ECB expected to buy €12bn Irish sovereign bondsEuropean shares deliver their biggest weekly gains in more than three yearsSat Jan 24 2015 - 01:01
Ireland in line for €500m-a-year boost from ECB stimulusQuantitative easing expected to benefit Irish exports and tourism and bring more lendingFri Jan 23 2015 - 10:08
Analysis: Draghi takes action to spark euro zone back to lifeMight of ECB has unleashed Quantitative Easing to fight deflationary spiralFri Jan 23 2015 - 07:50
Massive ECB €1 trillion-plus move will boost IrelandArthur Beesley: Decisive turnaround in euro zone needed to reinforce domestic recoveryFri Jan 23 2015 - 01:00
Mortgage loan cap may favour first-time buyerDebut property buyers may get improved deal under specific Central Bank restrictionsWed Jan 21 2015 - 07:28
Michael Noonan queries proposal to boost euro zoneMinister for Finance fears stimulus plan to revive euro economy would be ‘ineffective’Tue Jan 20 2015 - 01:00
Howlin broadly supportive of new talks with the social partnersChristine Lagarde says Irish people have made massive efforts and ‘huge sacrifices’Mon Jan 19 2015 - 17:54
Banking inquiry to ask Cowen about Honohan evidenceFormer taoiseach invited early to reply to Central Bank governor’s evidenceMon Jan 19 2015 - 06:00
State must keep finances prudent, says ECB official‘Ireland has potential to be the fastest-growing euro zone country in 2015’Fri Jan 16 2015 - 07:58
Transcript of interview with Benoît CœuréECB official advises Ireland to keep finances on prudent trackFri Jan 16 2015 - 06:00
Benoit Coeuré interview: ECB advises Ireland to be ‘as conservative as possible’Executive discusses budgets, bondholders, Trichet letters and banking inquiriesFri Jan 16 2015 - 06:00
Berlin in constant fear ECB will be lender of last resortIt was not for nothing that the ECB’s independence was enshrined in European lawFri Jan 16 2015 - 03:00
Sharp fall in global markets in wake of World Bank reportGlobal sell-off throws off indices and sees Irish market close almost 1 per cent downThu Jan 15 2015 - 01:00
EU commissioner distances himself from criticism of water scheme rolloutVisit by troika sparked row over change to flat charge for waterWed Jan 14 2015 - 08:16
Whatever Honohan tells bank inquiry it is unlikely to flatterPanel will wonder if timidity in Dame Street was based on avoiding antagonising anyone in Merrion StreetFri Jan 09 2015 - 01:00
Cross-Border tax competition to heat upNew tax rates in the North will see a keen rivalry for FDI over the coming yearsFri Jan 09 2015 - 01:00
Banking inquiry seeks Central Bank records from 1990sBank of England minutes from 2008 show Irish bank guarantee blamed for halting global interbank lendingThu Jan 08 2015 - 01:02
Credit Suisse’s UK arm considers switch to IrelandBank has sought regulatory approval from Central Bank for some operations in DublinWed Jan 07 2015 - 06:00
The dangers of a Greek euro exit: will they stay or will they go?Athens and Berlin set for battle of wills if Greek hard left wins this month’s electionWed Jan 07 2015 - 01:00
Government enjoys financial calm before election stormAnalysis: positive Exchequer returns will help Coalition face coming electionTue Jan 06 2015 - 01:00
Tax receipts €1.24bn ahead of Coalition targetsSpending overruns to see budget deficit for 2014 come in higher than forecastTue Jan 06 2015 - 01:00
State collects €114m more in tax than forecastLocal property tax receipts come in 10.6% behind targetMon Jan 05 2015 - 16:30
Nama to invest €450m in 1,500 new homes for Dublin areaAgency has 1,000 properties available for social housing in 2015 despite poor take-upSat Jan 03 2015 - 08:37
Draghi QE hint boosts European bondsQuiet day in Dublin but Aer Lingus, CRH, Smurfit Kappa and Bank of Ireland all upSat Jan 03 2015 - 01:00
Irish arm of Tyco given permission to reduce capitalMove follows relocation of global HQ to Cork from SwitzerlandSat Jan 03 2015 - 01:00
Analysis: ECB poised to act on euro zone economy, but battles remainMario Draghi faces strong German opposition to QE policyFri Jan 02 2015 - 17:57
Business review 2014: Economic progress but at political priceFor all the upbeat news on Ireland’s recovery, the Coalition faces 2015 with its confidence sapped by a string of controversiesTue Dec 30 2014 - 01:00
National Treasury Management Agency’s new debt sale to be stepped upAgency moves to offer up to €15bn in long-term bond salesMon Dec 22 2014 - 22:28
Lower oil prices hit Russia but could boost global economyIMF predicts global lift but former finance minister says Ukraine not oil affecting Russian fundsMon Dec 22 2014 - 20:27
Sanctions-listed Russian oil giant Rosneft linked to $10bn IFSC loan dealAmerican sanctions cast to slowly starve Rosneft of US dollar fundingMon Dec 22 2014 - 11:16
Oil price rise provides relief for roubleAer Lingus down after rebuff of IAG bid, while Bank of Ireland loses 2.17%Sat Dec 20 2014 - 01:00
Extra public service pay day to cost exchequer €300mRevised estimates show changes in water charging causing €85m increaseFri Dec 19 2014 - 09:31
Mortgage arrears may be caused by Irish banks' leniency - IMFPaper argues that forbearance is good for consumption but allows debts to buildFri Dec 19 2014 - 07:34
Don’t expect Russian bear to retreat into its lairA sharp economic contraction now looms in RussiaFri Dec 19 2014 - 01:00
The Banking Inquiry: our first chance to hear directly from those caught up in the crash‘The inquiry deals with the single greatest crisis to confront the State since the second World War’Wed Dec 17 2014 - 17:00
ESRI urges caution on applying loan capsCentral Bank says Dublin house prices gaining at rate close to pre-crash peakWed Dec 17 2014 - 01:00
