Mortgage holders paying up to €7,292 in extra charges per year by not switchingOnline broker doddl.ie has urged mortgage holders to shop around for better ratesMon Feb 19 2024 - 15:56
€1.6m project to support SMEs to make smart decisions about sustainability A group at Munster Technological University (MTU) are seeking business owners to take part in a new €1.6 million international project to help SMEs implement effective sustainability measures.Mon Feb 19 2024 - 05:00
A Cork man in Stockholm who went from gigging at Berghain to lecturing in football‘I just followed two things I loved, sport and music,’ says Mark O’SullivanSun Feb 18 2024 - 06:00
Microbusiness low in confidence about year ahead amid rising costsA survey has found that business confidence in firms with fewer than 10 employees scores just 3.7 out of 10Fri Feb 16 2024 - 06:00
Air fryers and vegan substitutes added to CPI basket, while nightclub admission and landlines droppedThe Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today published details of the latest updates to how it calculates the Consumer Price Index (CPI).Thu Feb 15 2024 - 15:02
Medical imaging company Guerbet launches 2.4MW solar farm at Dublin site The Damastown site currently employs more than 130 people, as the company celebrates 30 years in operation in Ireland this yearThu Feb 15 2024 - 10:17
European markets move higher as Nvidia replaces Alphabet as third most valuable US company In Dublin, the ISEQ All Share index outperformed European peers, gaining 0.94 per centWed Feb 14 2024 - 17:59
From corsets and ink to avocados and e-cigarettes: how average Irish shopping habits have changed over past 50 yearsCSO’s Consumer Price Index ‘basket of goods’ data reveals how Irish society has rapidly transformedWed Feb 14 2024 - 15:11
Irish cocktail garnish company that ‘blew up’ on AmazonAmazon has been a low risk way for Laura McCarthy’s small business to break into markets abroadWed Feb 14 2024 - 05:00
Planning Bill poses ‘severe risk’ to 38,000 homes in pipeline, claims lobby group Omission of provision to extend permissions delayed by judicial review could affect construction pipeline, says Irish Institutional PropertyWed Feb 14 2024 - 05:00
Cairn Homes appoints new chief financial officer Richard Ball is succeeding current chief financial officer Shane Doherty, who announced his intention to step down in OctoberTue Feb 13 2024 - 10:29
Childcare funding should be extended to parents using minders, says accountancy body Chartered Accountants Ireland publishes suggested policy measures that it claims could save parents €4,500 annuallyTue Feb 13 2024 - 05:00
Chipmaker Nvidia surpasses Amazon in value as global stocks edge higherIseq outperforms European peers, with little on the downside among individual stocksMon Feb 12 2024 - 18:42
CRH completes $2.1bn acquisition of cement and concrete assets in TexasCRH chief executive Albert Manifold said the acquisition will strengthen the company’s ‘market leading position’ in Texas and increase its exposure to attractive, high growth marketsMon Feb 12 2024 - 12:54
Developers offer to build 6,000 modular homes Seen & heard: Johnny Ronan targets 17-storey docklands block; Trinity Biotech buys diabetes tech; Housing Agency boss warns prices must drop; and new Dublin pharma hubSun Feb 11 2024 - 12:16
Gift cards deliver profits of over €10m for One4all More than half of revenues come from inactive balance charges and card administration fees, figures from GVS parent TSC Ventures indicateSat Feb 10 2024 - 00:00
Car loan values ‘surge’ by almost 40 per cent in third quarter of 2023BPFI chief executive Brian Hayes said the increase is partly due to continued growth in new electric car salesFri Feb 09 2024 - 00:01
Glen Dimplex to close two sites in Ireland, with up to 300 redundanciesManufacturing group said a reconfiguration of operations on the island of Ireland will raise overall headcount by 20% to more than 1,000Thu Feb 08 2024 - 13:38
Dublin workers’ disposable income almost 15% higher than national averageDonegal continues to be the poorest county in terms of disposable income per capitaThu Feb 08 2024 - 12:49
Waterford-based Enerpower to rollout 500MW of renewable energy in Ireland Five year plan is in partnership with Portuguese group Greenvolt, which acquired majority stake in Enerpower last yearThu Feb 08 2024 - 12:12
Tesco Ireland to run job clinics for people in direct provisionClinics will include CV and interview training, and the opportunity to interview for roles in Tesco stores across the countryThu Feb 08 2024 - 06:00
Dublin bucks downward trend in Europe, while Wall Street gains US investors digested a spate of earnings reports and comments from the Federal Reserve that interest rates may start to fall this year.Wed Feb 07 2024 - 18:05
High degree of uncertainty across Budget 2024 cost estimates, says PBOThe independent body has called for greater transparency in how the Government calculates the cost of budget measuresWed Feb 07 2024 - 15:48
Dublin’s office market nearing bottom of current downturn - HWBCA HWBC report predicts that office space take up will increase to 2 million square feet this yearWed Feb 07 2024 - 14:10
Iceland steams ahead in renewable energy stakesIceland Letter: Nordic country harnessed the potential of what lies undergroundTue Feb 06 2024 - 05:00
Economy to grow 1.5% this year with boost to consumer spending, says Bank of IrelandBank of Ireland notes that a contraction of 1.9% last year ‘does not reflect a long term trend’ and was driven by issues in the multinational sectorTue Feb 06 2024 - 00:00
Growth in services sector falls to near three-year low Inflationary pressure also increased in January, with input prices and charges for services rising at their fastest in seven monthsTue Feb 06 2024 - 00:00
Ireland’s influencer entrepreneurs: ‘I was getting up at half five, working alone. Now it’s a new world’ Ireland’s ‘juggernaut’ influencer sector has become ‘a hugely valuable industry’Fri Feb 02 2024 - 06:05
Dublin PR group launches new social media-focused agency Social Content HQ staff will produce user-generated content for brandsFri Feb 02 2024 - 05:00
Card payments using mobile phones jump by 26 per cent in DecemberTotal card spending in December rose by 5.4 per cent to €8.8 billion, boosted by Christmas retail and social spendingThu Feb 01 2024 - 13:07
Global shares slip as Wall Street tech giants warn of rising cost of AI Euronext Dublin saw a “weaker day” on Wednesday compared to the rest of January, according to Dublin tradersWed Jan 31 2024 - 18:39
Department of Agriculture files gender pay gap report a month lateThe department saw its gender pay gap rise to 9.7% in 2023Wed Jan 31 2024 - 17:01
Bank of Ireland to roll out new ATMs to all branches as part of €60m investmentPart of the €60 million investment will also go towards upgrading customer areas in 18 branches across the country this yearTue Jan 30 2024 - 11:00
Christmas shoppers boost December retail sales by 3.9 per cent compared to last yearRetail sales volumes rose by 0.9 per cent between November and DecemberMon Jan 29 2024 - 17:42
Tesla shares plunge and European markets see no relief from steady interest rates Euronext Dublin outperformed European peers on a flat dayThu Jan 25 2024 - 18:27
Most Belfast offices could be ‘obsolete’ by 2030CBRE NI has warned that energy efficiency regulations could make the majority of Belfast office space unusable by the end of the decadeThu Jan 25 2024 - 17:26
Aviation industry expected to grow in 2024 despite supply and quality challenges A ‘remarkable performance’ for the sector in 2023 was down to airlines passing on cost increases to passengers, according to a new PwC reportThu Jan 25 2024 - 06:31
Blarney Woollen Mills Group reports post-pandemic jump in turnover While turnover increased by more than 40 per cent to €50.28 million, the group’s after tax profits more than halved to €3.58 millionThu Jan 25 2024 - 05:30
Over two-thirds of Irish business chiefs predict flat or shrinking economy in 2024 Primary concerns for business owners are staff recruitment and retention, new regulations and business costsThu Jan 25 2024 - 05:30
Dublin Airport passenger numbers almost reached 32m cap in 2023 Cork Airport recorded its busiest year ever for international traffic, as passenger numbers reached 2.8mWed Jan 24 2024 - 14:23
Irish ADHD assessment platform eyes UK expansion ADHD Now was established to ‘allow people to get quicker access to help’, says cofounder Daniel BuckleyWed Jan 24 2024 - 05:00
Strong retail performance drives 50% increase in Blarney Woollen Mills revenuesThe subsidiary of the Blarney Woollen Mills Group reported an overall loss in its latest accounts, as rising costs ate into revenuesTue Jan 23 2024 - 15:36
Irish Independent publisher seeks to cut 55 jobs in redundancy programmeRedundancies to be split 50/50 across editorial and non-editorial roles in second job-cutting initiative announced by Mediahuis Ireland in a yearTue Jan 23 2024 - 13:10
Irish house prices close to or at peak, estate agents sayAn SCSI report predicts that house prices will rise by just 1 per cent this yearTue Jan 23 2024 - 00:01
Global stocks continue to ride Wall Street rally Dublin tracking European peers, with little on the downside for values during sessionMon Jan 22 2024 - 18:39
Katie Boyle, an Irish comedian in New York: ‘I wouldn’t have done stand-up in Ireland, because everyone’s funny there’Wild Geese: Katie Boyle also ‘wouldn’t have had the confidence. I’d have been mortified’Sun Jan 21 2024 - 06:00
Austrian-owned MoCo reduces interest rates for Irish borrowers The mortgage startup first soft launched in the Irish market in November last yearThu Jan 18 2024 - 17:46
Grafton Group appoints Ian Tyler as chair designate Ian Tyler will succeed Michael Roney as chair of Grafton’s board when Roney steps down on 2nd MayThu Jan 18 2024 - 12:29
Nominations open for 2024 EY Entrepreneur of the Year programmeEY has put out the call for Entrepreneur of the Year nominations from business ‘trailblazers’ across the island of IrelandThu Jan 18 2024 - 05:00
Global shares decline as economic data dampen hopes of interest rate cuts While Euronext Dublin logs overall loss, the Irish market performs notably better than European peersWed Jan 17 2024 - 18:40
