ECB in a holding pattern on interest rates After eight rate cuts, ECB appears to be sitting tight for now and the next rates move could be upwards, say analystsThu Oct 30 2025 - 06:00
Dawn Meats deal in New Zealand a head scratcher for local farmersIrish company paid a large premium for a meat co-op that was heavily indebted and had run up large losses in recent yearsThu Oct 30 2025 - 05:56
Like Ryanair, Ireland’s economy seems to grow faster in a global recessionLatest forecasts suggest Irish economy will grow by almost 11% this yearSun Oct 26 2025 - 06:00
Back of the net for Irish sports streamers as profits risePlatforms created during the pandemic to televise local matches are here to staySat Oct 25 2025 - 06:00
Workers unlikely to be the winners as new norm on working from home takes shapeFriction being caused by return to the office mandatesThu Oct 23 2025 - 06:00
Whither RTÉ’s latest annual report?Document of 2024 is on track to be published much later than in recent yearsThu Oct 23 2025 - 06:00
Bank of Ireland still trying to draw a line under UK car finance debacleLender more than doubled its provisions for payouts as a result of UK industry-wide investigationTue Oct 21 2025 - 06:00
Amazon Web Services outage underlines vulnerability of web-based societyCompanies and governments assume we will always have access to the web these daysTue Oct 21 2025 - 06:00
Insurance policy updates more likely to protect insurers than consumers, say brokers Consumers advised not to rush through policy updates when home renewals arise after Zurich row Sun Oct 19 2025 - 05:50
You can ‘bank’ on hybrid working continuing to be contentiousBank of Ireland opening four new hybrid hubs even as talks continue at WRC over return to office mandateSat Oct 18 2025 - 06:00
Ireland forecast to be fastest growing economy in 2025IMF predicts economy will expand by an eye-popping 9.1 per cent this yearThu Oct 16 2025 - 06:15
Mick Bailey’s Bovale one of the last developers to leave Nama after Sretaw dealAgency once had 5,000 borrowers and loans with a €32 billion discounted valueThu Oct 16 2025 - 06:15
Trump team views trade through the looking glassOutburst by treasury secretary Scott Bessent against latest Chinese moves show chronic lack of self awareness Thu Oct 16 2025 - 05:00
Nobel institutes annoint work on innovation and growthFactors that fuel sustained bursts of economic expansion not as obvious as one might thinkTue Oct 14 2025 - 05:57
Can Donegal Investment Group get some action as a special purpose acquisition company?It is to become cash shell company and be obliged to complete an acquisition within 12 monthsTue Oct 14 2025 - 05:25
Trump’s bully boy tactics bringing Big Pharma to heelDetermination to cut prices for medicines in US may yet pile pressure on creaking European health budgetsTue Oct 14 2025 - 05:00
Fingerprint and eye scanning are coming to an office near youJP Morgan staff will need use biometric data to enter its New York HQ and others are likely to followSun Oct 12 2025 - 06:01
Micheál Martin bemoans planning issues to Stripe’s John Collison If only the Taoiseach had the power to enact legislation to change the planning systemSat Oct 11 2025 - 06:00
‘Argument’ over hospitality VAT rate cut continues to rumbleSector pushes for lower rate to be bought in before scheduled start date of July next yearThu Oct 09 2025 - 06:00
Inheritance tax row misses the pointFailure to allow beneficiaries of inheritance from childless people access to €400,000 tax relief is not discriminatory Thu Oct 09 2025 - 05:00
ICG buybacks help lift Rothwell’s stake by 35% in a decade Chief executive of 33 years now owns just over 20% of parent of Irish Ferries Tue Oct 07 2025 - 06:00
Ministers’ ‘reform’ tag looking a little bedraggledPromising reform of public finances is one thing, but there has been little evidence of it from either recent officeholderMon Oct 06 2025 - 18:30
O’Callaghan not inclined to allow third parties to fund legal actionsMinister for Justice considers third-party funding as ‘enriching lawyers’Sun Oct 05 2025 - 06:00
Minister in the dark on who wins from cut in VAT Paschal Donohoe admits no research has been done on whether hospitality passed benefit to customers last time around, but Ifac casts doubt on itSat Oct 04 2025 - 05:20
China looks to National Day holiday to boost consumer spendingBeijing appears more focused on boosting growth than caution – for nowThu Oct 02 2025 - 06:00
Some 17 years after crash, accountancy body inquiry into Anglo Irish Bank’s auditor still outstandingAn external report found that there was a prima facie case that EY was liable to disciplinary action in connection with certain aspects of its Anglo auditsThu Oct 02 2025 - 06:00
Political paralysis gumming up social housing pipelineRelationships between AHBs and developers ‘shot to ribbons’ by State funding decisions, conference hearsThu Oct 02 2025 - 06:00
Ireland’s high-price culture and the slow transition to home-grown renewablesGas Networks Ireland’s latest energy mix data show coal fully exited the State’s energy base in AugustTue Sept 30 2025 - 06:00
Glenveagh looks to 2028 for Dublin office market recovery Home builder CEO suggests it will be 2028 before group sells The Freight BuildingTue Sept 30 2025 - 06:00
Burke and Murphy’s clash part of long-running sagaConflict centres on sub-minimum wage rates paid to under 18sSun Sept 28 2025 - 06:15
Brown Thomas hits targets with paper bag chargeRetailer receives little blowback from disgruntled customers over 60c feeSat Sept 27 2025 - 06:56
Politics at the centre of mooted deal to create Europe’s third biggest bankMerger of Spain’s BBVA and Sabadell faces opposition from governmentThu Sept 25 2025 - 06:00
How Aer Lingus made its way onto pages of New York Times for the wrong reasonsCustomer, wrongly denied boarding on flight to Dublin, was then ignored for almost three months, reports New York TimesThu Sept 25 2025 - 05:30
Bank of Ireland makes unlikely dash to IT winners’ circle The bank is set to roll out upgraded appThu Sept 25 2025 - 05:00
Sinn Féin rails against Minister over housing figures Party refutes Browne’s claim that State is delivering 50 per cent of all new homesTue Sept 23 2025 - 06:15
H-1B visa levy could be Ireland’s opportunityScheme is generally seen as vital for high tech companies, particularly in Silicon Valley Tue Sept 23 2025 - 06:00
Data protection authorities need to move on online privacy issueEasily accessible data can even pinpoint home addresses of smartphone ownersSat Sept 20 2025 - 06:14
Dublin-based Brera football investment group soars as it pivots to cryptoBut firm is joining crowded field of treasury companies focused on digital currenciesSat Sept 20 2025 - 06:13
Are you overpaying for mortgage protection? It’s worth finding outMany first-time buyers are paying more than they should, research by Bonkers.ie suggestsThu Sept 18 2025 - 06:00
Big Pharma’s pullback from the UK could have serious side-effects for IrelandNegotiations on new medicines pricing agreement comes as drug companies are under pressure to relocate investment back to USThu Sept 18 2025 - 05:00
A deal between Trump and Xi would be in both their interestsProlonged trade war would damage both economiesTue Sept 16 2025 - 05:47
DAA’s board has got itself in a right twistIf Jacobs is not the right man for the job now, it is likely he never was so why was he appointed in the first placeTue Sept 16 2025 - 05:15
AI the catalyst in online agents mending fences with Ryanair, says O’LearyAirline’s deal with Skyscanner is latest in series of agreements with ‘screenscrapers’ that Ryanair used to vilify and pursue in courtSun Sept 14 2025 - 06:00
Have ECB interest rates reached their floor?Markets downgrade chance of another interest rate cut in wake of comments from ECB president Christine LagardeSat Sept 13 2025 - 06:00
Ireland’s demographic time bombDepartment of Finance’s report highlights looming black hole at heart of exchequerThu Sept 11 2025 - 06:00
DAA parking fiasco shows value of complainingOvercharging only came to light when customers flagged issue to regulatorThu Sept 11 2025 - 06:00
Will Irish banks’ Zippay see off Revolut assault?Main Irish lenders face increasing competition from neobanksTue Sept 09 2025 - 06:00
Government ‘flying blind’ on budgetary policy, says Irish budget watchdogBudget 2025 forecast a €3bn increase in overall spending, but actual spending this year is likely to rise by €7.6bn - IfacTue Sept 09 2025 - 05:00
Creeslough case a wake-up call for apartment owners across IrelandCreeslough insurance payout is heading for the High Court as apartment and building owners dispute how it should be splitSun Sept 07 2025 - 10:00
Flutter tries to get on board Philadelphia’s gambling scenePaddy Power owner forks out for special trains to first NFL game of the seasonSat Sept 06 2025 - 06:00
