Is it a recession if no one notices?Unemployment rate holds close to historic lows, but can it stay there?Thu Oct 05 2023 - 06:00
Tom Hanks discovers a new form of dental traumaOscar-winning actor warns his Instagram followers that an AI-generated deepfake is being used to promote a dental health planTue Oct 03 2023 - 05:30
Apple’s latest iPhone literally too hot to handle for some usersSocial media was alight last week with stories of the iPhone 15 overheatingTue Oct 03 2023 - 05:14
Looks like interest rates have peaked, but has the ECB gone too far?Euro zone inflation has fallen sharply, indicating tough medicine may be working, though rate cuts may still be some way offSun Oct 01 2023 - 06:00
Leixlip leapfrogs back to top of chip chainOpening of Fab 34 means Irish facility is first in Europe to begin high volume production of new chip technologySat Sept 30 2023 - 05:30
HealthBeacon, Dublin’s last IPO, offers cautionary tale as market seeks new starsIrish stock exchange grapples with exodus of its biggest corporate beastsThu Sept 28 2023 - 06:00
Businesses need to consider housing its staffHomes for workers are not new, just look at what Guinness builtThu Sept 28 2023 - 05:30
Ladbrokes left for dead in online worldOnce the dominant bookmaker, UK brand is now barely competitive with Paddy PowerTue Sept 26 2023 - 06:00
Ukrainians account for 41% of immigrants to IrelandCSO statistics show the natural increase in the population has steadily declined from a peak of 48,800 in 2010 to 20,000 in 2023Tue Sept 26 2023 - 05:00
Criticising the President without criticising the PresidentOne might even be led to suspect Michael D Higgins has it in for economistsSun Sept 24 2023 - 06:36
New Datalex boss has big job aheadUpended by the pandemic, airline software company has had to borrow again from Dermot DesmondSat Sept 23 2023 - 06:00
Makhlouf warns against temptation for big hike to bank levyCentral Bank governor councils against hiking levy substantially even as bank profits surgeThu Sept 21 2023 - 06:00
Irish Fiscal Advisory Council’s main grievance with Government’s spending plansBudgetary watchdog issues one of its most scathing attacks on Coalition to dateThu Sept 21 2023 - 06:00
Hedge funds swarm into Kingspan’s Nordic targetCavan firm may have to pay a bit more than planned for Nordic WaterproofingTue Sept 19 2023 - 06:00
The creeping politicisation of Budget 2024Presiding over a restrictive budget amid the worst housing crisis in Europe and record tax receipts was always going to be a problem for the GovernmentTue Sept 19 2023 - 00:00
Ireland is a great place to retire … on paper at leastFigures can be made to add up to almost anything you like, but perhaps caution is the best bet when it comes to drawing conclusionsSun Sept 17 2023 - 06:00
Botox and tourism chiefs among Ireland’s top exports to Middle EastArab-Irish Business Forum in Dublin hears fast-growing economies and populations in Arab world have sharp appetite for Irish goodsSat Sept 16 2023 - 06:00
Tesco’s Irish profits fell last year, but it still makes a higher margin here than in the UKRetailer made a pretax profit of just more than €2m a week from its network of 166 outlets in the RepublicThu Sept 14 2023 - 05:00
Bernard Looney’s exit leaves vacuum at top of BPOil major left with a strategy in flux and no obvious successorWed Sept 13 2023 - 16:31
Kingspan shows ambitions with Carlisle offerCavan-based insulation business hunting ‘transformative’ dealTue Sept 12 2023 - 05:00
Is Dublin office market heading for a hard landing?Irish banks much less exposed to riskier property developments, says Central BankTue Sept 12 2023 - 05:00
Weak planning system becoming a big headache for Government Putting workable structures in place seems a necessary first step for Coalition in regaining credibility on housing issueSun Sept 10 2023 - 06:00
Woolly messages arrive thick and fast from autumn-minded fashion chainsKnee-high boots and winter coats possibly not on shoppers’ priority lists as September sun blazesSat Sept 09 2023 - 06:15
Tech titans push for their utopia, but at what cost?It’s the latest fad in Silicon Valley, but is effective acceleration all its cracked up to be?Thu Sept 07 2023 - 05:00
Light at the end of the tunnel for mortgage customers of credit servicing firmsNew initiative will allow account holders to switch to mainstream banks to escape higher interest chargesThu Sept 07 2023 - 05:00
Generational change at the top of DatalexJonathan Rockett faces new test as first-time chief executiveTue Sept 05 2023 - 05:00
Blip in exchequer returns means trends will be closely watchedSurprise jump in corporation tax payments in August last year, apparently due to some early payments by big companiesMon Sept 04 2023 - 17:11
Mark Thompson takes the reins in CNN at a hugely sensitive timeAfter a turbulent 18 months, the news network will hope to recover ground under its experienced new chiefSun Sept 03 2023 - 07:15
Ireland’s increasingly remote GDP numbersBasic yardstick of economic growth has been entirely warped by multinational activitySat Sept 02 2023 - 05:00
Electric Picnic seeks greener pastures in crowded August market The festival will take place two weeks earlier next yearThu Aug 31 2023 - 05:00
Inflation: another ECB rate hike now seen as 60% likelyLatest price growth data might push policymakers into another rate hike when they meet next monthWed Aug 30 2023 - 15:17
Denis O’Brien faces stretching target to lift Digicel stake to 20%Bondholders are preparing to write down $1.7 billion of Digicel’s debtTue Aug 29 2023 - 06:00
Frayed relationship hobbles airport expansionDublin Airport and Fingal County Council appeared to be digging in for confrontation rather than working togetherTue Aug 29 2023 - 05:15
US Fed sends cautionary signal while hawkish on future rate risesWith inflation still well above target, there is little mileage for central bankers in providing solace to borrowersSun Aug 27 2023 - 06:00
Anybody buying or selling a house this autumn?Post-summer property market is always vibrant but ever-steeper borrowing costs and general woes will shape pricesSat Aug 26 2023 - 05:00
Red faces at Central Bank over data breach Bankers often on wrong end of censure by the regulator will have had cause for a wry smile at its discomfitureThu Aug 24 2023 - 05:00
Minister should focus ire on energy companies over banksBringing stubbornly high energy prices down would put more money in most people’s pockets than a small rise in deposit ratesThu Aug 24 2023 - 05:00
Brics seek to build up bloc to provide economic alternative to WestAim is to develop an economic alternative to the West’s dominance of the global order since second World WarTue Aug 22 2023 - 05:30
Energy bills set to fall but do not count on savings just yetExperts expect a drop in natural gas prices from historic highs, but economic storm clouds remain in viewTue Aug 22 2023 - 05:15
Pension auto-enrolment: Most people still in darkGovernment has substantial work to do to improve understanding of mandatory workplace pension schemeTue Aug 22 2023 - 05:05
Bank outage does little for Ireland’s tarnished image Bank of Ireland makes headlines across Europe, sharing space with other recent misstepsSun Aug 20 2023 - 05:00
Owl be back: Barn door is always open for the Late Late mascotHas there been a breakdown of trust between the winged chat show symbol and RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhurst?Sat Aug 19 2023 - 12:00
Bank of Ireland’s remote banking facilities fall over … again Bank’s recurring reliability problems with online offering will eventually mean customers looking elsewhereThu Aug 17 2023 - 05:05
Glanbia boss Siobhán Talbot leaves company in rude healthFood company boss has successfully steered group into high-margin nutritional spaceThu Aug 17 2023 - 05:00
Proposed cage fight now seems unlikely between giants of the tech worldMark Zuckerberg has concluded the Tesla boss ‘isn’t serious’ about a fightTue Aug 15 2023 - 05:12
Leading from behind on bank saving ratesPoliticians have been noticeably reluctant to put pressure on Irish banks to adopt a fairer approach on rates for savingsTue Aug 15 2023 - 05:10
‘Remarkable’ AI opportunity whets News Corp’s appetite for elusive holy grail — a lucrative new revenue streamRupert Murdoch’s media empire anticipates both new revenue streams and an ability to cut costsSun Aug 13 2023 - 06:30
WeWork is the latest in a litany of miscalculations by SoftbankWeWork is the latest in a litany of miscalculations by Japanese lender and investorSat Aug 12 2023 - 06:30
End of a once beautiful friendship for Sky and the OscarsDisney made the Comcast-owned broadcaster an offer it found it could refuseThu Aug 10 2023 - 05:00
Flutter’s US success could turn sour for Dublin exchange Listed bookmaker’s determination to tap opportunity of US stock market listing could mean it follows CRH in dropping Irish marketThu Aug 10 2023 - 05:00
