Top 7.7% of earners now paying more than half all income tax and USC, report findsParliamentary Budget Office highlights significant concentration risk at heart of income tax systemTue May 28 2024 - 05:24
Two businesses a day going bust because of rising costs, SFA director warns Small Firms Association director tells delegates that small businesses accounted for 85 per cent of all shutdowns last yearMon May 27 2024 - 18:25
McGrath promises ‘substantial’ income tax package in budgetMinister for Finance says workers are likely to benefit from further changes to income tax system and a fall-off in headline inflationMon May 27 2024 - 12:10
From noble ambition to corporate tokenism: the rise and fall of ESG How does electric carmaker Telsa have a lower ESG score than US oil major Exxon, a company that spent decades trying suppress information about climate change?Sun May 26 2024 - 11:13
‘Ireland is good in a crisis but can’t manage success’, says crisis era mandarin Former secretary general of the Department of Finance John Moran is standing as a candidate to be Limerick’s first directly-elected mayorFri May 24 2024 - 05:00
Employment in Irish economy rises but at lowest annual rate in three years CSO’s latest Labour Force Survey show the number of people employed in the Irish economy stood at 2.7 million in the first quarter of 2024Thu May 23 2024 - 12:20
Eir revenues increase by 2% as more mobile and broadband customers sign upCompany says broadband and mobile customers rose by 148,000 year on year in first quarterThu May 23 2024 - 07:58
Revolut launches savings account with interest of up to 3.49% a yearFinancial platform tries to steal march on mainstream lenders with higher yielding savings accountsThu May 23 2024 - 06:00
SYS Group acquires Cork-based Global Life & Finance It is the fourth acquisition for the Tipperary-headquartered financial services companyWed May 22 2024 - 10:55
Irish consumers want more sustainable food but not to pay for it, UCC survey findsResearch into market behaviour launched to coincide with annual food and beverage finance summit in CorkWed May 22 2024 - 00:15
European markets lose momentumPan-European Stoxx 600 index ended 0.2 per cent lower after hitting a one-week low earlier in the sessionTue May 21 2024 - 17:55
Remote working creating ‘dead zones’ in cities, NY governor tells Irish economic summitParts of downtown Manhattan have lost vibrancy due to remote work and overpriced housing, Kathy Hochul saysTue May 21 2024 - 06:00
ESB jettisons troubled NI business while pumping millions into loss-making British unit Energy group decides to axe Northern Ireland retail business in wake of regulatory headaches and dwindling customer baseSun May 19 2024 - 13:37
McGrath appoints UK economist to Irish Fiscal Advisory CouncilAnnouncement comes ahead of appointment of new chair in wake of departure of Sebastian Barnes last yearThu May 16 2024 - 18:13
Irish workers among the least productive in Europe, study indicatesResearch utilised Eurostat data on productivity, focusing on the domestic Irish market economyThu May 16 2024 - 17:57
Irish goods exports rise to €53bn in first quarter as pharma trade recovers Latest trade numbers point to modest recovery in pharma exports after 2023 slumpThu May 16 2024 - 12:36
House price inflation surges to over 7% as supply pressures continue to biteCSO figures show average values grew at a rate of 7.2 per cent in Dublin in MarchWed May 15 2024 - 18:55
The Government’s small business package unpacked: What is in it and why is it coming now? What measures has the Government introduced or promised and how have they been received?Wed May 15 2024 - 17:16
Irish economy expected to rebound on back of improving global trade and falling inflationEuropean Commission delivers positive assessment of economic outlook with growth picking up and inflation continuing to moderateWed May 15 2024 - 13:00
Stocks edge up as markets await US inflation dataPan-European Stoxx 600 index ends 0.2 per cent higher, with most sectors in positive territoryTue May 14 2024 - 18:23
Housing starts surge to almost 18,000 in AprilIncrease takes total for the 12 months to April above 50,000 but that might not translate into 50,000 completions in a yearTue May 14 2024 - 14:01
New car and home insurance firm enters Irish marketOutsurance is hoping to translate its model of offering discounts for loyalty instead of traditional no claims bonusesMon May 13 2024 - 12:59
Yuno Energy announces another electricity price cutCompany is newest supplier of electricity to residential marketMon May 13 2024 - 07:55
Three big international headwinds that could derail IrelandSunak’s Rwanda immigration plan, the election of Donald Trump in the US and a stagnating euro zone economy could all be big problems for usSun May 12 2024 - 11:45
Aer Lingus weighs up legal action against Dublin Airport passenger capAs flagship airline issues Q1 operating loss, Irish carriers question right of aviation regulator to intervene in capFri May 10 2024 - 17:51
State has enough construction workers to build 50,000 homes a year, Cairn chief saysMichael Stanley appears to contradict National Competitiveness and Productivity Council report pinpointing shortage of labour as key constraintFri May 10 2024 - 16:32
CRH reports solid start to year on back of ‘positive pricing’Building materials group says revenues rose 2 per cent to $6.5 billion in first quarterFri May 10 2024 - 07:32
Irish inflation drops to near three-year low Falling energy prices drive headline rate lower but underlying price growth remains elevatedThu May 09 2024 - 18:38
Irish manufacturing sector sees biggest orders slump in 16 monthsAIB’s latest Purchasing Managers’ Index points to sustained reduction in output volumes and incoming new workWed May 01 2024 - 00:00
Revenue to remain open for warehoused tax payment plans until FridayMore than 8,600 businesses have set up payment arrangements so farTue Apr 30 2024 - 18:51
European shares slip as investors parse inflation dataStoxx 600 notches first monthly loss in six even as data signals improving economic fundamentalsTue Apr 30 2024 - 18:24
Euro zone exits recession but inflation remains stickyLargest economies perform better than anticipatedTue Apr 30 2024 - 12:13
Ireland should have told ECB to ‘bugger off’ during bailout talks, Varoufakis saysGreek economist believes Ireland was bullied into bailout, Greeks pay German prices on Bulgarian wages and global economy has moved into technofeudalismTue Apr 30 2024 - 06:00
Irish economy returns to growth in first quarter with GDP up 1.1%Preliminary CSO data indicate GDP was boosted by an increase in activity in the State’s multinational-dominated technology sectorMon Apr 29 2024 - 12:03
Irish inflation drops to three-year low of 1.6%Falling energy prices push headline inflation lower but food prices still risingMon Apr 29 2024 - 11:59
Why are so many people leaving the UK’s workforce?Close to one million people have left, quit or retired from the workforce since pandemicSun Apr 28 2024 - 12:43
Consumer sentiment falls amid job losses and higher prices Latest Credit Union consumer sentiment index fell to 67.8 in April, down from 69.5 the previous monthThu Apr 25 2024 - 18:46
Housing targets at risk as new home completions fallCSO figures show output fell by more than 12 per cent in the first three months of 2024 which endangers Government’s aimsThu Apr 25 2024 - 12:06
Budget spending spree could overheat economy, Central Bank deputy governor warns Vasileios Madouros highlights economic risk from rising geopolitical tensions and further trade fragmentationWed Apr 24 2024 - 17:14
Lenders not adequately engaging with borrowers in arrears, says Central Bank Regulator’s review highlights instances of ‘inadequate follow-up with borrowers’ and poor staff knowledgeWed Apr 24 2024 - 14:11
Coalition’s budgetary war chest balloons as election nearsGovernment’s latest stability programme update forecasts €38 billion in budgetary surpluses over the next four yearsTue Apr 23 2024 - 18:01
Budget surplus of €8.6bn forecast despite ‘loss of economic momentum’Budgetary surplus of almost €38bn over the next four years, according to Stability Programme UpdateTue Apr 23 2024 - 13:00
Farmland prices forecast to rise in tandem with dairy recovery Report indicates most expensive agricultural land in State is in Waterford where good quality land on small holdings fetched an average of €20,000 per acre last yearTue Apr 23 2024 - 06:00
Wholesale electricity prices down over 70% since immediate aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Energy prices spiked after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, reaching a peak in August that yearMon Apr 22 2024 - 12:03
Is Apple behind latest drop in corporation tax?A sharp fall-off in receipts in March might - according to insiders - relate to the tech giant’s reassessing its tax liability hereSun Apr 21 2024 - 12:14
Residential property transactions fall 18% in first quarter as higher borrowing costs biteReport by property start-up Geowox highlights steep decline in transactions on back of 10 straight ECB interest rate hikesSat Apr 20 2024 - 06:00
European shares pare losses as geopolitical jitters easeContinent-wide Stoxx 600 closes 0.1 per cent lowerFri Apr 19 2024 - 18:25
Heineken price hike could add 15 to 20 cent to cost of a pint While the brewer is adding 6 cents to its price, sources indicate this could rise to as high as 20 at the taps due to margins such as VATThu Apr 18 2024 - 14:44
Arrabawn bucks dairy market slump with record resultsTipperary-based co-op posts record earnings and operating profits for last year despite slide in market returns elsewhereThu Apr 18 2024 - 13:16
Lakeland reports €8m loss amid once-off restructuring charge and weaker dairy market returnsCavan-based group hit by weaker dairy prices and exceptional charges related to a restructuring of its businessWed Apr 17 2024 - 13:00
