A vacant property tax sounds good but it won’t make any differenceGovernments are struggling to rein in housing costs and the new target is vacant homesSun Nov 21 2021 - 12:39
Money-transfer app Synch Payments raises additional €5mAIB, Bank of Ireland, PTSB venture to rival Revolut awaits competition authority nodSat Nov 20 2021 - 05:46
Europe’s stocks ends lower, halting record rallyGermany, France, Swiss stocks retreat from record highsThu Nov 18 2021 - 18:59
Government to introduce vacant property tax ‘as early as possible’Paschal Donohoe says Revenue will use local property tax returns to design new levyThu Nov 18 2021 - 13:05
Extra 30,000 building workers needed to hit ‘housing, climate’ targetsBudgetary watchdog warns about the inflationary impact of Coalition spending plansThu Nov 18 2021 - 09:47
Business slow on tying ESG performance to remunerationEnvironmental, social and governance taken more seriously since pandemic, notes surveyThu Nov 18 2021 - 05:03
More than half of landlords had rental income below €10,000 in 2019CSO report finds less than 5% of Republic’s rental properties built in the last 10 yearsWed Nov 17 2021 - 13:55
IBI Corporate Finance takes 50% stake in M&A advisorMove is first transaction since IBI completed management buyout from Bank of IrelandWed Nov 17 2021 - 07:35
Market intelligence firm Tegus to locate EU HQ in WaterfordChicago company promises 100 jobs as it expands to support growing customer baseWed Nov 17 2021 - 07:18
Residential zoning on Central Bank land maintained, paving way for possible saleRegulator receives 4,100 responses to survey about mortgage rulesTue Nov 16 2021 - 19:13
Scrapping USC for those earning under €70,000 would cost exchequer €1.7bnDonohoe argues against proposed changes to USC, noting cost to exchequerTue Nov 16 2021 - 16:37
Ibec and ESRI to collaborate on all-island research projectGroups plan to develop macroeconomic model for all-island economyTue Nov 16 2021 - 13:32
A once-off wealth tax is the wrong solution to Ireland’s funding problemsSuch a short-term tax will not be sufficient to plug the long-term holes in public financesMon Nov 15 2021 - 05:16
Beacon Hospital records loss of nearly €2m despite 7% rise in revenueTurnover at private hospital rose to €152.2m last year, accounts showMon Nov 15 2021 - 05:14
Energy costs push Irish inflation to 14-year high at 5.1%Acceleration in prices is largest recorded since April 2007Thu Nov 11 2021 - 19:43
European Commission doubles growth forecast for Irish economyIrish economy expected to grow by 14.6% as consumption and exports reboundThu Nov 11 2021 - 13:18
European stocks end at record high on robust earningsFood delivery stocks fall on DoorDash-Wolt dealWed Nov 10 2021 - 18:23
Opting out of global tax deal would have posed ‘real risks’ – DonohoeMinister and Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty clash over delayed accountability regimeWed Nov 10 2021 - 17:12
Rent inflation surges to 6.8% amid ‘unprecedented’ shortage of homesJust 1,460 homes to rent on its site in November, Daft report saysWed Nov 10 2021 - 04:00
Fast-track planning process won’t be wound up until June next yearSinn Féin accuses Government of delaying the abolition of SHD legislationTue Nov 09 2021 - 16:36
Number of people receiving PUP falls by over half million since peak of crisisCSO data shows Dublin’s North Inner City had highest number of claimantsTue Nov 09 2021 - 13:29
Unemployment across OECD falls to 5.8% in SeptemberJobless rate falls but agency says this largely reflects return of temporary laid-off workersTue Nov 09 2021 - 13:02
Homeowners could save €4,000 by switching mortgage providersMortgage advice company doddl.ie says switching in Irish market has hit record levelsMon Nov 08 2021 - 17:37
NTMA plans €1bn bond auction on Thursday as borrowing costs inch upAgency’s plans for 7-year and 10-year notes will help fund State’s response to CovidMon Nov 08 2021 - 17:12
Manufacturing activity rebounds by 2.5% in third quarterCSO figures show factory production increased by 3.6% in SeptemberMon Nov 08 2021 - 16:55
Kingspan reports 44% increase in sales to €4.7bnInsulation maker expects full-year profit to near €750m despite raw material inflationMon Nov 08 2021 - 08:00
Why Lufthansa, BA and Air France are bigger climate villains than RyanairLegacy carriers play major role in climate debate and avoid the polluter pays principle almost entirelySun Nov 07 2021 - 11:48
Some landlords breaching rent rules, regulator concedesRent data ‘not fit for purpose’ and lacks necessary breakdown, letting agents’ body claimsFri Nov 05 2021 - 05:54
Dalata secures 12-month extension to €564m debtHotel chain says it has availed of option to extend maturityWed Nov 03 2021 - 17:21
Unemployment falls to pandemic low of 7.9% as labour market recoversLatest CSO data shows more than 205,000 people were out of work or in receipt of PUPWed Nov 03 2021 - 11:24
Manufacturing firms highlight cost pressures as key risk factorPrice of energy, raw materials and wage growth seen as key inflection points, survey findsWed Nov 03 2021 - 10:35
Irish tax adviser wins landmark legal challenge to Australia’s ‘backpacker tax’Ruling could, in time, result in tax rebates for thousands of Irish travellersWed Nov 03 2021 - 09:07
Will pandemic savings go the same way as SSIAs?CSO draws parallel between Covid build-up of savings and fate of SSIA fundsWed Nov 03 2021 - 06:39
Better-than-expected income tax and VAT receipts bolster public financesLatest exchequer returns suggest tax receipts are running nearly €4bn ahead of targetTue Nov 02 2021 - 20:20
Household savings surge of €16bn eclipses SSIA windfallCSO figures show additional cash deposited higher than peak of Special Saving Incentive AccountsTue Nov 02 2021 - 18:34
Avolon’s Slattery engaged as advisor to electric aviation pioneer VerticalAvolon recently agreed a $2 billion order for electric aircraft with VerticalTue Nov 02 2021 - 18:28
€2bn surge in corporation tax puts Government on course for record tax haulExchequer returns also buoyed by rebound in VATTue Nov 02 2021 - 16:52
Dublin’s apartment building boom resumes after Covid hiatusFigures from CSO show apartments accounted for 674 or 54% of all the dwelling types completed in Dublin in third quarterMon Nov 01 2021 - 17:24
Janet Yellen denies US ‘cajoled’ Ireland into tax dealDeal brokered in atmosphere of ‘friendship and co-operation’, treasury secretary saysMon Nov 01 2021 - 12:42
Energy price surge and supply chain delays drive up manufacturing costsPurchasing managers’ index hits unwelcome records amid build-up in price pressureMon Nov 01 2021 - 05:26
UK property lender Octopus launches in IrelandNon-bank lender hopes to lend as much as £300m a year into sector hereMon Nov 01 2021 - 05:16
Will Ireland forsake beef for dairy in agri emissions trade-off?Carbon budgets in agriculture are likely to accelerate an ongoing reduction in beef herdSun Oct 31 2021 - 10:58
European shares end flat on the day but up nearly 5% in OctoberStrong close to the week for financials but dividend-yielding sectors struggleFri Oct 29 2021 - 17:38
Siro reports 53% revenue increase as number of customers risesBroadband provider saw increase in demand last year as more people worked and studied from homeFri Oct 29 2021 - 17:08
Irish engineering group GDG bought by UK's VenterraCash and shares deal expected to create 230 new jobs by 2024 mainly in IrelandFri Oct 29 2021 - 05:13
Ardagh’s metal packaging unit raises earnings outlookArdagh Metal Packaging says it sees strong demand for sustainable packagingThu Oct 28 2021 - 18:18
AIB appoints ex-Virgin Money chief as chairmanJim Pettigrew appointed as successor to Richard PymThu Oct 28 2021 - 12:37
Retail sales lift as consumers return to bars and spend more on cosmeticsThe volume of retail sales last month was 12.6% higher than September 2019Thu Oct 28 2021 - 11:54
Siro announces €620m investment to upgrade broadband networkCapital injection will extend Siro’s reach to an additional 320,000 premisesThu Oct 28 2021 - 10:57
10 scenarios that could rock the global economy in 2022Economist Intelligence Unit sets out 10 risk scenarios that could derail global growthWed Oct 27 2021 - 15:49