Taggart’s plan to build homes on parks should be scrutinised by Land Development Agency Proposal involves setting aside 10 per cent of major public parks in Dublin to provide housing for key workersTue Jan 09 2024 - 06:00
Are days numbered for last Irish reit as it bows to ‘strategic review’?Nation's biggest private landlord under pressure from activist investorTue Jan 09 2024 - 06:00
State schemes fanning house price inflation First-time buyers availing of Government supports dominate mortgage transactionsTue Jan 09 2024 - 05:00
Despite multiple global crises, Ireland’s economy keeps motoring onCSO’s latest Year in Numbers release highlights strength of macro economySun Jan 07 2024 - 06:00
What’s better than a good company rescue? No need for so many rescues in the first placeRising rate of insolvencies in 2024 could be followed by bleak January for small businessesSat Jan 06 2024 - 06:00
High stakes at play in fibre broadband regulation rowEir is fighting ComReg’s decisions to limit its ability to compete on pricing in the market for wholesale high-speed broadbandThu Dec 21 2023 - 06:00
CRH’s move down under prompts some head-scratching Company has been retreating from regions outside US and Europe in recent timesThu Dec 21 2023 - 06:00
Teeling calls out investor apathy for explorersExploration veteran cites poor stock market interest alongside sliding prices and rising energy costs as challenge for diamond minnowThu Dec 21 2023 - 05:00
PTSB faces battle to offer mortgages on same footing as larger rivalsNext task will be to reduce capital it holds against new loansTue Dec 19 2023 - 06:00
Central Bank confident of a soft landing Regulator’s latest economic commentary paints a positive picture of domestic economy despite international headwindsTue Dec 19 2023 - 00:00
Martin Shanahan timed his IDA exit wellLatest jobs figures show a small decline in employment at agency’s clients companies amid tech sector slowdownSun Dec 17 2023 - 07:00
Scramble for JP McManus’s millions beginsClubs across the country are debating how the cash should be allocatedSat Dec 16 2023 - 06:00
Dalata hotels on a roll as UK expansion fuels growth But questions remain about future of travel and tourism as consumer concerns biteThu Dec 14 2023 - 06:00
Mood music on Irish economy suggests more shops could close in early 2024 Latest ESRI forecasts point to growth in modified domestic demand of just 0.6% this yearThu Dec 14 2023 - 06:00
All eyes fixed on central banks this weekEuropean Central Bank, Federal Reserve and Bank of England all set to meet to decide interest ratesTue Dec 12 2023 - 06:00
The tech downturn, what downturn?CSO figures show services exports hit a record €340bn last yearTue Dec 12 2023 - 06:00
Savings bubble bursts as cost of living weighs on householdsThe assumption is that consumers are having to fork out more for energy, food and mortgagesSun Dec 10 2023 - 05:00
Disney has made mistakes in 2023, but pausing ads on X is not one of themElon Musk can sound off, but Disney chief Bob Iger will not come under pressure for joining ranks of advertisers shunning XSat Dec 09 2023 - 06:00
London Stock Exchange facing deepening problemsUK market has seen slew of big name firms drop their listing in recent monthsThu Dec 07 2023 - 06:00
Is Diageo about to call time on its Irish ales and lagers? News publisher Axios says Diageo is planning to sell its beer portfolio, with the exception of its Guinness stoutThu Dec 07 2023 - 05:45
A simple revision and we are in recessionCSO revises second quarter GDP number down, pushing Irish economy into recession in the processTue Dec 05 2023 - 05:47
Oisín Fanning may need fresh San Leon plan as US funds fail to turn up Earlier this year, San Leon planned to take over certain assets of Nigeria’s Midwestern Oil and Gas Company, a 13 per cent shareholder in San Leon, by way of a reverse takeoverTue Dec 05 2023 - 05:39
Debit and credit card use keeps rising, but cashless society is a long way awayLatest Central Bank data shows cash continues to be a popular choice for manySun Dec 03 2023 - 05:00
GDP data shows domestic economy still doing okay, but can that continue?Contraction largely driven by sectors dominated by multinationals doing business outside IrelandSat Dec 02 2023 - 06:00
Exports now exaggerating Irish downturnIreland’s headline growth is faltering but not as badly as the headline GDP numbers suggestThu Nov 30 2023 - 06:00
Proof will be in the pudding for Greencore Company’s revenues and profits are up but volumes remain tight while costs continue to riseThu Nov 30 2023 - 05:30
Ulster Bank move on ‘offset mortgages’ paves way for licence return in 2025Plan’s €58m cost will be worth it for bank as it moves to exit the RepublicTue Nov 28 2023 - 06:00
Government and big dairy at loggerheads as nitrates row rolls onDairy farmer group talks of ‘Government’s animosity towards the dairy sector’Tue Nov 28 2023 - 06:00
The European Commission gave the two former budgetary miscreants a clean bill of healthIt is welcome at a time when interest rates are rising and bond investors are again looking at the prospects of individual countriesSun Nov 26 2023 - 05:30
O’Connell Street traders fight to recover ground lost to riotsO’Connell Street is supposed to be Dublin’s main thoroughfare but instead vast tracts of land lie empty awaiting redevelopmentSat Nov 25 2023 - 06:00
What did you spend your last bonus on?Is your annual bonus from your employer being sucked into your day-to-day spending?Thu Nov 23 2023 - 06:00
Is the property market that ‘hot’Property website Daft.ie said homes offered on its bidding platform have gone from first to final offer within just 10 daysThu Nov 23 2023 - 05:30
Press Up redundancies a harsh reality check for sector Hospitality group cites sale of hotel group as a reason for laying off staffTue Nov 21 2023 - 05:30
Funds lobby needs to target message carefully on tax changesThere are reasons why investment funds are taxed at a higher headline rate even if 41% is too big a share for the exchequerTue Nov 21 2023 - 05:00
Auto-enrolment deadline looks as unrealistic as ever Employers getting frustrated at lack of realistic guidance on landmark reform that will challenge their businessesSun Nov 19 2023 - 10:00
After 10 year of jobs-rich growth, the Irish labour market is turningWeaker demand, ongoing inflation and the impact of monetary tightening have triggered a rise in unemploymentSat Nov 18 2023 - 06:00
Is change in the air at Brown Thomas and Arnotts?Thailand’s Central Group has moved to take full control of the department stores’ parent groupThu Nov 16 2023 - 06:00
New banker rules eased for overseas executivesCentral Bank rows back on some aspects of accountability regimeThu Nov 16 2023 - 06:00
Is increase in rental supply a blip or the start of a trend?Daft.ie figures suggest rental supply is rising but it is still some way off the number that you would expect in a properly functioning market, according to Ronan LyonsTue Nov 14 2023 - 06:00
Web Summit faces crucial week in attempt to move on from Paddy Cosgrave’s exitNew chief Katherine Maher says event returning to connecting investors, founders, companies and entrepreneursTue Nov 14 2023 - 05:26
Will RTÉ throw politicians a decentralisation bone? Ministers seem especially interested in what the broadcaster plans to do beyond DonnybrookSun Nov 12 2023 - 06:30
Lagarde indicates ECB rates have peakedInterest rate cuts are now firmly on the cards for next yearSat Nov 11 2023 - 06:00
Beef off the menu as China bans premium productMartin seeks to reassure China on trade intentionsThu Nov 09 2023 - 06:00
Is Ryan Tubridy about to sign up with Virgin Radio UK?Former RTÉ presenter due to be out and about in London on ThursdayWed Nov 08 2023 - 17:22
Unemployment barometers point in different directionsFall in live register runs counter to official unemployment statisticsTue Nov 07 2023 - 06:00
Kingspan investors look beyond record profit forecastShares plunge on Monday as Cavan firm grapples with lower salesTue Nov 07 2023 - 06:00
Dublin Airport cap on passenger numbers won’t do anything to halt steep rises in air fares Airline believes its air fares will rise by a ‘mid-teen percentage’ in the three months to the end of DecemberTue Nov 07 2023 - 05:30
Ireland and Apple face key opinion next week on EU tax caseApple tax case: General mood in Government circles is that it’ll soon be releasing the funds in escrow bank to tech giant. But what if Vestager secures a rare tax-aid victory?Sun Nov 05 2023 - 05:58
November shaping up to be a make-or-break month for corporation taxNot for the first time in 2023, receipts from the tax on company profits have dropped precipitouslySat Nov 04 2023 - 06:00
AIB ‘may return €4.3bn’ to shareholders in coming yearsAIB has paid out €594 million over the past two years by way of dividends and buying back some of the State’s shares – or what are known as directed buy-backsThu Nov 02 2023 - 05:59
