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
DAA should abide by night-time flight restrictionsLimit was a condition of planning permission for north runway in 2007 and should be adhered toSun Aug 06 2023 - 06:00
UPS strike debacle reminds us how fragile supply chains remainAgreement between company and Teamsters appears to have narrowly averted industrial actionSat Aug 05 2023 - 05:00
Straight-talking Smurfit CEO sets an example for his peersTony Smurfit gave a direct answer to a direct question. Business needs more of that.Thu Aug 03 2023 - 08:01
Brace for impact: a second Trump term is becoming less unlikelyNew book by president’s former trade representative shines light on what may be aheadThu Aug 03 2023 - 07:53
Record low Irish unemployment mark erased in revisionTight labour market poses different type of challenge for employers and policymakersThu Aug 03 2023 - 05:00
Barryroe granted examinership on flimsy premiseOnly hope of project being revived is via successful application for judicial review of Minister’s decisionTue Aug 01 2023 - 05:28
Irish banks eye shareholder returns after stress testsECB looked at Irish economy falling more off course than any other in single currency area by end of 2025 under adverse scenariosTue Aug 01 2023 - 05:02
Accenture gets its sums wrong as Dublin staff take a hit Just months after saying it needed to cut 400 jobs in Ireland, the consulting giant is now shedding 1,290 workersTue Aug 01 2023 - 05:00
Datalex boss Corkery still has work to do ahead of exitChief executive will need answers on refinancing high-interest debt facilitySun Jul 30 2023 - 05:00
GDP growth offsets EU stagflation fears for nowStrong economic data from Ireland and France eases concerns but threat remains liveSat Jul 29 2023 - 05:00
Has Lloyds’ United Kingdom tax row over Irish losses come to a head?Losses stem from bank’s sale of a mainly dire portfolio of €32bn in Irish loans inherited via 2008 HBOS mergerThu Jul 27 2023 - 05:00
Finally, Spotify increases its pricesYou will not hear too many people complain about an extra €1 on the streamer’s individual premium planThu Jul 27 2023 - 05:00
Cheap fares in the firing line as airlines struggle to add capacityRyanair has cut its full-year passenger forecast due to aircraft delivery delaysTue Jul 25 2023 - 05:00
Bunq cash call leaves questions over Irish unitOne big investor had sought selling Irish-based Capitalflow businessTue Jul 25 2023 - 05:00
Netflix sits pretty as Hollywood frets about strikesIn his public remarks, co-chief executive Ted Sarandos used a noticeably different tone than Disney boss Bob IgerSun Jul 23 2023 - 06:00
Landlord exodus yet to boost housing stockSCSI report points to ‘modest’ increase in sales instructions this yearSat Jul 22 2023 - 07:00
In the Department of Finance the glass is always half emptyThis does not mean there will be nothing nice in the budgetThu Jul 20 2023 - 06:00
Former Davy shareholders put down marker before 2024 paydayUp to €100m plus could be on the tableThu Jul 20 2023 - 06:00
Drop off in pharma exports could have big implications for tax takePharma related exports have slumped by almost a quarter so far this yearTue Jul 18 2023 - 07:07
Two weeks in, Threads looks here to stayThe Meta-owned microblogging site has spooked Twitter owner Elon MuskTue Jul 18 2023 - 05:00
Death of work phone calls is no surpriseMajority workers prefer to use email for work-related communications, survey saysThu Jul 13 2023 - 05:00
Gas prices unlikely to hit last summer’s highs, say analystsIncreased dependence on LNG and storage pose long-term questions for RepublicThu Jul 13 2023 - 05:00
Property industry plays down impact of higher interest rates: Is it right?Several commentators think property industry is underestimating impact of interest ratesTue Jul 11 2023 - 05:00
Ireland’s crypto stance surprising amid an uncertain futureUS crackdown on industry makes it difficult to see the upside despite overtures being made by other EU statesTue Jul 11 2023 - 05:00
Hotels have run out of road on the 9% VAT rateCBRE report this week said daily hotel rates in Dublin reached a new high in May of €209 per nightSun Jul 09 2023 - 07:00
CIÉ's pensions time bomb ready to explodeState-owned transport company says it’s ready to pull plug on scheme for new entrantsSat Jul 08 2023 - 05:00
When do our bulging corporation tax receipts stop being a windfall and become a regular source of income for State? Squirrelling away vast corporation taxes for a rainy day deprives us of expenditure needed nowThu Jul 06 2023 - 05:00
Apple’s Irish escrow fund loses further €259m as ECJ ruling awaitedEscrow account for iPhone maker mainly comprises investments in euro-zone government bonds not cashThu Jul 06 2023 - 05:00
