Insurers know the answer to Irish flood cover problem States, including the UK, the US, France and Germany, have a variety of formalised scheme to cover flood damageThu Nov 02 2023 - 05:00
Irish banks likely to increase mortgage rates in coming months even if ECB leaves rates unchangedAIB, Bank of Ireland and PTSB have so far absorbed most of the ECB rate hikes but with deposit rates now rising, this could change in coming monthsSun Oct 29 2023 - 06:00
We are used to dismissing GDP figures — but they may be signalling a slowdownPerhaps, as has long been forecast, we are finally seeing growth here return to more normal levelsSat Oct 28 2023 - 06:00
Jim Ratcliffe’s pursuit of Manchester United poised to go to extra timeGlazer family’s sale of the football club has proven a protracted processThu Oct 26 2023 - 06:00
What is Portugal’s view of Web Summit controversy?The event’s economic impact for Lisbon and Portugal is estimated at €300 million a yearWed Oct 25 2023 - 18:50
EY’s David McNamara to be AIB’s next chief economistAppointment shines a light on bank research teams at a time that sector is in fluxTue Oct 24 2023 - 06:00
Web Summit struggles to find direction without Paddy CosgraveEvents group strongly identified with the dominant leadership of its founder Paddy Cosgrave now putting faith in leadership by committeeTue Oct 24 2023 - 05:30
Paying a price for the cashless societyFundamental clash is looming between banks that see cash as a cost to them and the EU which wants to keep people’s options openSun Oct 22 2023 - 06:00
Northern Ireland protocol delivers for someCo Armagh-based pharmaceutical company Almac working both sides of the Border in pursuit of growth and profitSat Oct 21 2023 - 06:00
Inflation target is still far awayCentral banks’ 2% target rate is likely to become harder to achieveThu Oct 19 2023 - 06:00
Could Ireland’s defeat by New Zealand hit Irish consumer confidence?There was a palpable slump in mood following Ireland’s exit from the world cup at the weekendThu Oct 19 2023 - 05:00
ESRI’s mixed views on State’s housing interventionsTaken together, measures contained in last week’s budget will increase household income but housing measures are expected to keep upward pressure on pricesTue Oct 17 2023 - 06:00
Whither the Government’s low-cost retrofitting loan scheme?After several false starts, the department says initiative will be up and running by year’s endTue Oct 17 2023 - 05:45
A snapshot of trading by Brown Thomas and Arnotts since their takeover last yearAccounts for parent group show Irish department stores made a loss from mid-August 2022 under new ownersSun Oct 15 2023 - 06:00
DPC inquiry into Central Bank data breach compounds regulator’s embarrassmentFinancial regulator may be on the receiving end of a fine for a regulatory breachSat Oct 14 2023 - 06:00
Department warns of monetary ‘sting in the tail’Full impact of higher interest rates is still rippling out across the real economyThu Oct 12 2023 - 06:00
Bank levy changing to focus on customer deposits instead of DirtChange in methodology set to increase revenue from levy to €200mThu Oct 12 2023 - 06:00
Metro Bank barely survives problems of its own makingUnited Kingdom lender secures new capital to ease immediate peril, with few signs of a wider crisisTue Oct 10 2023 - 06:00
Budget 2024: ‘Tailored’ mortgage relief could easily unravel on GovernmentBudget proposal to offer relief to some homeowners but not others looks like allowing two ideas to undermine each otherTue Oct 10 2023 - 05:15
Business turning a deaf ear to the green regime Survey shows dramatic fall off in support for steps required to deliver a green transition and meet emissions targetsSun Oct 08 2023 - 06:00
Dystopia moves on from BelfastNever mind electric sheep, Northern Ireland Screen will be dreaming of a swift replacement for Blade Runner 2099Sat Oct 07 2023 - 06:00
Interim funding for RTÉ seems destined to pay for redundanciesSavings are hard to come by at an organisation where 80% of the costs are ‘relatively fixed’ – staff numbers will inevitably become a targetThu Oct 05 2023 - 06:00
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
