Ifac endorses budget with few equivocationsIrish Fiscal Advisory Council (Ifac) says Budget 2023 strikes difficult balance between helping people and not being too inflationaryThu Sept 29 2022 - 05:45
British chancellor of the exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng’s shock therapy fuelling anxiety Markets react to radical UK plan ‘in a way more akin to an emerging market’Tue Sept 27 2022 - 05:10
Busy times for tech lobbyists as they rack up register returnsCantillon: Data centres, semiconductors, legislation and the metaverse have all been on the minds of Irish tech subsidiariesTue Sept 27 2022 - 05:00
Will Government’s Budget 2023 splurge work? Coalition appears to be keeping to multibillion-euro package flagged in Summer Economic StatementTue Sept 27 2022 - 05:00
Will tourism sector pay the price in Tuesday’s budget for aggressive pricing strategies of hoteliers?During the summer, all the power was with extraordinarily busy hotels. Now, the power lies with the GovernmentSat Sept 24 2022 - 06:00
New UK government rolls the dice with high stakes budgetFinancial markets reacted in shock, particularly to a plan to slash the top income tax rate at the same time as government spending is soaringFri Sept 23 2022 - 20:12
Mixed reaction to Government’s pension planGroups welcome flexibility but query how plan will be fundedThu Sept 22 2022 - 05:45
Tensions trickle through the UK-US special relationshipCantillon: Economic philosophy favoured by Liz Truss has ‘never worked’, tweeted Joe Biden ahead of bilateral meetingThu Sept 22 2022 - 05:00
Uptick in Irish short-term mortgage arrears gives reason for cautionCantillon: Banks tighten lending criteria amid signs households struggling with monthly repaymentsTue Sept 20 2022 - 05:30
Aer Lingus customers on flight path to tiring of excuses for failureAirline’s latest woe inflicts another systems disaster on passengers on Monday as rival Ryanair appears relatively unblemishedTue Sept 20 2022 - 05:00
EU energy windfall tax could net State €200-€300m from Corrib in full yearIf applied to a full year of producers' profits for 2022 the proposed tax could be lucrative for the StateSat Sept 17 2022 - 06:00
Ibec may have a closet social democrat in its midst - the head man himself Head of Ireland’s main business lobby calls for bigger state and higher taxes to pay for itSat Sept 17 2022 - 05:30
Could worst of the gas price surge be behind us?Uncertainty makes it hard for governments to plan but recently moderating gas prices may bode well for winterSat Sept 17 2022 - 05:00
Developer won’t let it go on suggestion of smaller gardens for suburban housesGlenveagh Properties says current system is contributing to the supply shortage rather than alleviating itThu Sept 15 2022 - 06:00
A turn in the property market but will it lead to a correction in prices?Latest data points to slowdown on the back of cost-of-living issues and higher interest ratesThu Sept 15 2022 - 05:00
Tullow Oil: the long, but inevitable, goodbyeTullow is the latest firm to delist from the Irish stock exchange, now known as Euronext DublinTue Sept 13 2022 - 18:06
Penneys business model set to be tested as it prepares to open in TallaghtThe inflation crisis is squeezing the retail chain from every directionTue Sept 13 2022 - 05:00
Winter of financial hardship looms amid German recession forecastIfo's forecast for a German recession likely means one for the euro zone as a wholeTue Sept 13 2022 - 05:00
Irish deposit holders face lengthy interest wait even as ECB hikesCantillon: Banks shielded most depositors from negative rates on excess cash for eight yearsSat Sept 10 2022 - 05:20
Pressure grows in EU to impose 15% corporate rateRepublic will sit tight but if most EU countries implement new rate Government likely to followSat Sept 10 2022 - 04:00
Citigroup talks on Ronan scheme boost nervous office marketA number of firms have slowed their expansion plans for DublinThu Sept 08 2022 - 05:00
Economics of cold war with Russia enter new phaseCantillon: Russia threatens an all-out embargo in response to EU’s price cap planThu Sept 08 2022 - 05:00
Why is an Irish State agency Europe’s busiest venture capital investor?Why is Enterprise Ireland Europe's busiest venture capital investor?Tue Sept 06 2022 - 05:30
European Central Bank prepares for battle against inflationMarkets pricing in 0.5% interest rate hike with high probability of 0.75% increaseTue Sept 06 2022 - 05:00
Consumers need help to convert to renewablesZero or low interest loans likely to be the investment the State needs to make to kickstart mass migration to green energySat Sept 03 2022 - 06:00
Charged atmosphere as EirGrid and CRU disagree on Republic’s electricity squeezeGrid operator says it cannot support utilities regulator’s plan to add €100m to network charges at peak times over next 12 monthsFri Sept 02 2022 - 19:29
Consumer watchdog seeks tougher line on repossession of homes CCPC says suspended repossession orders can cut legal backlog on arrears and may tempt new banks into marketThu Sept 01 2022 - 05:45
State cannot repeat Covid supports as prices surge Irish Fiscal Advisory Council fears unrealistic expectations and advises Government to be more targeted in its spending plans as pressures mountThu Sept 01 2022 - 05:00
Bank of Ireland opts for continuity candidate — of sorts — as new chief executiveCantillon: Senior executive that had only left the bank five months ago back in fold, Myles O’GradyTue Aug 30 2022 - 05:45
Cantillon: Payments systems failure at Aviva involves estimated €500,000 lossThe systems crash at the Aviva Stadium shows how risky it can be to outsource critical functions to outside technology groupsTue Aug 30 2022 - 05:00
SSE Airtricity’s sharp price rise a stark reminder of grim energy vista Firm’s figures suggest an average increase in electricity bills of about €600 a year and over €500 annually for gasSat Aug 27 2022 - 05:00
RTÉ brings online comedy stars to RTÉ2, hoping their fans come tooCantillon: the broadcaster is getting a great deal with sketch show No Worries if Not!Sat Aug 27 2022 - 05:00
Fish producers on the hook for Brexit and fuel costsWholesale fish prices have increased almost 11% in the past yearSat Aug 27 2022 - 05:00
Dublin Airport runway arrives carrying heightened expectationsBusiness groups and airlines look to the future as 15 years of planning finally delivers at Dublin AirportThu Aug 25 2022 - 05:58
Frustrated Irish exploration investors could tap €190m Italian precedent Coalition dragging its heels with firms so shareholders may opt for legal route that delivered in ItalyThu Aug 25 2022 - 05:00
High price being paid for pension inertiaNew rules will bring additional cost and significantly increased workload but survey data says many employers are just not engagingTue Aug 23 2022 - 05:00
Aer Lingus is the latest airline to trumpet its use of sustainable fuelsGovernments eventually will have to step in to subsidise production of greener jet fuelTue Aug 23 2022 - 05:00
Cantillon: One-size-fits-all approach to welfare rates could hit most vulnerableGovernment risks repeating last year’s mistakes in Budget 2023 if it raises rates by uniform figureSat Aug 20 2022 - 07:30
Energy blackouts loom on regulator’s radar Significant additional charges proposed to force users to change their habits and lower electricity usageSat Aug 20 2022 - 06:00
UK inflation: Is Brexit causing it to accelerate?Former Bank of England policymaker Adam Posen insists 80% of high price growth is due to Britain leaving EUThu Aug 18 2022 - 05:00
‘Pandemic darling’ days long behind Zoom as it suffers ‘sell’ rating ignominyHard to argue with analysts who say competition from Microsoft Teams will be the undoing of the videoconferencing stockThu Aug 18 2022 - 05:00
Homecare sector called out by GovernmentUncertain hours and lack of benefits behind staff crisis, minister argueTue Aug 16 2022 - 05:55
Government must smooth planning kinks for renewables projectsCompanies are sounding alarm bells about lengthy planning process across EuropeTue Aug 16 2022 - 05:00
Exports are the gift that keeps on givingIreland’s export trade has repeatedly acted as a buffer against international shocksTue Aug 16 2022 - 05:00
Abbott investment puts Ireland in the fast laneJobs are always welcome but becoming a central part of fast-growing diabetes business is hugeSat Aug 13 2022 - 05:45
Scrapped TikTok deal another troubling omen for Dublin office marketLed by the tech sector, investment hit record level this year but storm clouds continue to gatherSat Aug 13 2022 - 05:08
Power plant shutdowns and low imports: Electricity system alerts now commonReserve buffer between electricity demand and supply less than ideal, increasing the risk of power cutsThu Aug 11 2022 - 05:50
Radio revenues worth tuning in for as ad market records post-Covid recoveryIrish radio operators will be feeling upbeat after ‘buoyant’ advertising levels in the first half of 2022Thu Aug 11 2022 - 05:00
HSE fails most basic test for an employer Can it be beyond the wit of a bureaucratic behemoth like our health service to run a basic payroll system?Tue Aug 09 2022 - 05:55
Global hit to tech sector impacts Irish industry Despite chill that has hit tech recently, it still came as a shock to some when the bad news landed closer to homeTue Aug 09 2022 - 05:22
