Francesca McDonagh’s survival at UBS may boost Irish banksFormer Bank of Ireland chief executive’s success shows Irish lenders can be used as springboard to greater thingsTue May 09 2023 - 05:00
Another ECB rate hike already baked inMarkets now see euro zone interest rates rising to around 3.65%Tue May 09 2023 - 05:00
Dublin among European airports beating pre-Covid trafficIndustry body warns on the need for slot regulation to catch up with reality of modern aviationTue May 09 2023 - 05:00
AIB boss Colin Hunt is clearly blessed with a brass neckBank net interest income soars as it gets high returns on excess savings even while raising lending rates modestlySun May 07 2023 - 06:00
Dexcom secures new IDA Ireland chief an early winAthenry’s 1,000-job bonanza comes against ongoing concern about the carrying capacity of the Irish economySat May 06 2023 - 05:00
ECB rate hike coincides with a grim indicator for the German economyGermany’s factory orders data plunged in March, and economists point to ECB rate hikes as the reason whySat May 06 2023 - 05:00
Reach’s page view slowdown at hands of Meta is cautionary tale for publishersMirror group put in a strong performance on Facebook, but that left it exposed to the social media giant’s whimsThu May 04 2023 - 06:00
Corporation tax may make the headlines but income levy does some heavy liftingAll the signs are that, as was the case last year, there will be cash to spare - and lots of itWed May 03 2023 - 17:31
International Monetary Fund’s ECB intervention clarifies inflation dilemmaFund calls for higher interest rates for longer, as well as tighter government spendingSat Apr 29 2023 - 05:00
Kingspan gives the City another black eyeInsulation giant is the latest company to announce plans to delist from the London Stock ExchangeSat Apr 29 2023 - 05:00
Speculation about Flutter’s home ignores other Irish successesGambling giant's Wall Street move has sparked questions about its future domicileSat Apr 29 2023 - 04:58
Smurfit Kappa AGM to be targeted by campaigners over Colombia landsGroups say about 67,000 hectares of Smurfit Kappa controlled forests are contestedThu Apr 27 2023 - 05:00
Corporate profitability goes some way to explain the tax windfallCSO figures show profits of companies operating in the Republic last year came to nearly €300 billionThu Apr 27 2023 - 05:00
Pressure mounts on Ires to sell up – but can it rely on Canadian founder?Toronto-based company went public on April 12th with its grievancesTue Apr 25 2023 - 05:07
Succession question looms large over LVMH but Bernard Arnault is keeping schtumLuxury goods titan became first European company to achieve a $500bn valuation on Monday, as Arnault becomes world’s richest manTue Apr 25 2023 - 05:00
Makhlouf backs May rate hike, but what comes next?The ECB faces a balancing act to tame inflation without killing the European economySat Apr 22 2023 - 05:00
Mini whips up a racism storm with ice creamsOnline video taken at Shanghai Auto Show goes viral, putting BMW executives into a spinSat Apr 22 2023 - 05:00
Corporation tax receipts projected to hit €27bn by 2026New estimate contained in Government’s latest Stability Programme Update comes despite warnings and OECD-led reformsThu Apr 20 2023 - 05:10
Central Bank era of super-profits peters outCrisis era emergency bank loans and low interest rates saw exchequer benefit to the tune of €18.4bn over 13 yearsThu Apr 20 2023 - 05:00
Dodging a bullet with Silicon Valley Bank collapseIrish tinnitus start-up Neuromod banked with failed US bank as a condition of debt fundingTue Apr 18 2023 - 06:00
Markets dial down expectations for interest rate rises but sticky inflation still a worryECB expected to hike up rates by a further 0.25 per cent next month as core inflation remains strongTue Apr 18 2023 - 05:00
Could country’s biggest private landlord be put up for sale? Activist investor Vision Capital has called for Ires Reit to be put up for sale as its shares are trading well below the value the company puts on its assetsSat Apr 15 2023 - 05:03
Diageo finally quits Irish Stock ExchangeGuinness owner’s move is another loosening of its ties to IrelandSat Apr 15 2023 - 05:00
Boeing problems could cause Ryanair headache The aircraft-maker says a fittings problem ‘will likely affect a significant number of undelivered 737 Max airplanes, both in production and in storageSat Apr 15 2023 - 04:47
Banks pay up for business deposits as they count on household inertiaAverage interest rates for deposits from business customers are more than double the rate for consumersThu Apr 13 2023 - 05:00
Musk’s Twitter claims best taken with a pinch of saltIt is easier to break even when costs have been cut to the boneThu Apr 13 2023 - 05:00
ICS Mortgage’s parent bond deal lifts competition hopesCantillon: Nonbank lenders had been expected to help fill the void after the departure of Ulster Bank and KBC Bank from Irish marketThu Apr 06 2023 - 05:22
Kerry Co-op calls in industry veteran to break deadlockCo-op shareholders are uneasy about how the board plans to finance its stake in spun-out traditional dairy joint ventureThu Apr 06 2023 - 05:00
Property prices slow as industry insists market will not see reversalStrong demand combined with supply shortages will keep upward pressure on prices but higher interest rates will contrain buyersTue Apr 04 2023 - 05:15
Future of print newspapers laid out in stark terms End-date for daily printed papers puts pressure on Mediahuis to increase its digital subscriber totalTue Apr 04 2023 - 05:00
Longwave radio closure a long time coming for RTÉBroadcaster is right not to spend millions in public money to keep outdated service goingSat Apr 01 2023 - 05:30
Twitter ‘verification’ plan is not going wellWhy would any organisation pay almost €1,000 a month for a gold badge?Sat Apr 01 2023 - 05:00
US crypto crackdown spells trouble for EU regulatorsFederal authorities have indicated a new willingness to get tough with the sector’s biggest players in recent weeksSat Apr 01 2023 - 05:00
Has Government the will to meet the State pension challenge?Having refused to extend State pension age, failure to address how to fund it will impoverish already living future generationsThu Mar 30 2023 - 05:10
After a pandemic surge are house prices finally going to fall?Daft.ie has found that asking prices are falling for the first time in a decadeWed Mar 29 2023 - 12:03
Severance packages for Google staff might not be all they seemAttractive details add up to large lump sums but certain conditions dampen down benefit for someTue Mar 28 2023 - 05:00
Holly Cairns’ opening salvo strikes an economic chordCombined impact of housing crisis and stagnant wages highlighted by 2021 ESRI studyTue Mar 28 2023 - 05:00
Why did Elon Musk pick April Fools’ Day to start removing Twitter’s blue checkmarks?Choice of April 1st to begin winding down ‘legacy’ verification scheme revives bad memories of Tesla boss’s 2018 ‘bankwupt’ jokeSat Mar 25 2023 - 05:45
Mortgage data tells a sobering taleOverall figures skewed by switching and obscure the fact that average loan sizes are still on the riseSat Mar 25 2023 - 05:00
Accenture CEO says the quiet part out loudJulie Sweet described mass layoffs as an ‘opportunity’Sat Mar 25 2023 - 05:00
Energy crisis sends State laughing all the way to the bankGovernment to reap almost €1 billion from energy companiesThu Mar 23 2023 - 06:48
Lagarde highlights tit-for-tat inflation dynamicECB chief warns firms are increasing profit margins while workers are pushing for higher wages in tight labour marketsThu Mar 23 2023 - 06:00
Crypto thrives on the wreckage in traditional banking sectorBitcoin hit its highest level in nine months on MondayTue Mar 21 2023 - 05:00
DUP reverts to type on latest Brexit agreementParty signals it will vote against the Windsor framework designed to boost trade and the local economyTue Mar 21 2023 - 04:45
City of London threatens to ‘flex its muscles’ with Dublin’s funds industry over EU talksIrish-born City of London lord mayor, Nicholas Lyons, says there is ‘always another way to do things’ if good relations are not rebuiltSat Mar 18 2023 - 05:00
EU fiscal rules must be more country-specific and allow for green spend, think tank saysTasc report highlights key vulnerabilities in current system while heralding proposed reformsSat Mar 18 2023 - 05:00
House price growth in Ireland is falling, will it turn negative?Property industry insists prices will continue to grow even as higher interest rates send markets across the globe into reverseThu Mar 16 2023 - 05:00
Credit Suisse isn’t the next Lehman Brothers. Yet Swiss firm has been the sick bank of Europe for some time. Where does it go from here?Wed Mar 15 2023 - 16:02
Coimisiún na Meán project reaches opening credits as BAI bows outGovernment’s ambitious update of media regulation to include online safety reflects the times we live inWed Mar 15 2023 - 15:26
Progress on Irish banker accountability rules is painfully slowFirms have until the middle of next year to document top managers’ responsibilities – six years after the process beganTue Mar 14 2023 - 05:00
