US economist says Covid may have driven many women out of the labour marketChief executive of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco says many women are constrained because of childcareThu Jan 06 2022 - 19:16
Brexit and pandemic trigger surge in customs declarationsCustoms duty collected on goods imported from abroad jumps as a result of BrexitThu Jan 06 2022 - 15:27
Corporation tax on par with VAT as State’s second largest revenue sourceLatest exchequer returns show business tax generated record €15.3bn last yearWed Jan 05 2022 - 19:00
Government tax receipts surge to record €68bn in 2021 as economy reboundsLatest exchequer returns point to year-end deficit of €7.4 billionWed Jan 05 2022 - 16:11
Eoin Burke-Kennedy: Soaring prices and rents but no credit bubbleMyHome report points to bigger loan sizes but credit market remain tightly constrainedWed Jan 05 2022 - 05:45
Five economic flashpoints to watch out for in 2022Next year may bring good news but many of the concerns of 2021 will not have gone awayFri Dec 31 2021 - 05:28
House prices set to grow by up to 8% in 2022, Sherry FitzGerald saysState’s largest estate agent predicts inflation in Dublin will moderate with new buildsFri Dec 31 2021 - 05:05
Markets lifted by investor optimism and US jobs dataTech boom leads Wall Street indices to record highsThu Dec 30 2021 - 17:44
New apprenticeships aimed at bridging skills gaps across economyExpansion to include farming, construction and logistics programmesThu Dec 30 2021 - 17:06
The State’s top 10 corporate taxpayers: who are they?Corporation tax generated €11.8 billion in receipts last year, €1 in every €5 collectedThu Dec 30 2021 - 14:53
Flight of small landlords will worsen Dublin housing crisis – estate agentOwen Reilly says small landlords accounted for more than 60% of its sellers in 2021Tue Dec 28 2021 - 06:00
Consumers unleash pandemic savings ahead of ChristmasBank of Ireland barometer detects festive shift in attitude to savingWed Dec 22 2021 - 12:31
Weekly incomes would have fallen in 2020 without wage supports – CSOPay subsidy schemes accounted for 4.3% of total earnings across all employmentsTue Dec 21 2021 - 12:23
Brexit has seen Irish food exports to Britain decline by a quarterESRI/Department of Finance study estimates impact on trade in isolation of other driversTue Dec 21 2021 - 06:00
European stocks drop as Omicron worries intensifyTravel stocks fell 1 per cent, but were above their intra-day lows touched earlier in sessionMon Dec 20 2021 - 18:45
Government’s broadband plan mired in financial controversyNorth’s scheme costs €2,500 per home, the Republic’s €5,300Sun Dec 19 2021 - 12:13
Central Bank to consider ‘step break’ from mortgage rulesProposal for lower income households comes as part of regulator’s year-long reviewThu Dec 16 2021 - 16:38
Omicron variant could derail economic recovery, ESRI warnsThink tank also predicts inflation will continue to rise, peaking at 6% in March 2022Thu Dec 16 2021 - 06:58
Global debt surges to record $226 trillion in biggest jump since second World WarIMF warns countries must navigate world of record-high public and private borrowing levelsWed Dec 15 2021 - 18:01
House price inflation surges to pandemic high of 13.5%Figures for October represent strongest level of growth seen in market since 2015Wed Dec 15 2021 - 11:32
DCC acquires US appliance distributor Almo in $610m dealEnergy and services group effectively doubles US footprint in single transactionWed Dec 15 2021 - 08:26
Kerrygold owner Ornua refinances debt with new €580m facilityDairy group says arrangement will include specific emissions, waste and diversity targetsWed Dec 15 2021 - 07:40
Medical device firm BD to spend €70m on new R&D centre in LimerickProject will create 130 new jobs over five years, company saysWed Dec 15 2021 - 07:13
No change in control of multi-billion euro broadband contractor, Government toldPolitical unease following media reports of funding structure of broadband companyTue Dec 14 2021 - 02:00
William Fry and EY to examine funding and structure of National Broadband IrelandDepartment says this is part of ongoing review of broadband contractMon Dec 13 2021 - 19:24
Irish exports surge to €306bn as pandemic spurs trade in IT and pharmaCSO figures reveal computer services and chemicals dominate State’s exportsMon Dec 13 2021 - 13:07
Ireland’s reliance on multinationals runs way deeper than corporate taxRevenue data suggest foreign-owned firms employed 32% of private workforce in 2019Sun Dec 12 2021 - 11:57
Is this cost-of-living squeeze going to pass?If workers start demanding better pay we could get a wage-price spiralFri Dec 10 2021 - 05:15
Inflation jumps to 20-year high of 5.3% as energy prices soarHouseholds face winter cost-of-living squeeze as Government examines EU ‘toolbox’ of optionsThu Dec 09 2021 - 11:35
State may see another surge in corporate tax from new 15% rate, says IfacIrish Fiscal Advisory Council chairman casts doubt on Government’s €2 billion loss forecastWed Dec 08 2021 - 19:23
Irish mortgage customers paying more than twice euro zone averageLatest Central Bank data shows Irish lenders are among the costliest for home loansWed Dec 08 2021 - 12:38
Bord Bia survey finds majority of consumers still nervous about eating outReport suggests value of Irish food service sector is still 41% below pre-pandemic levelWed Dec 08 2021 - 06:00
Reverse wage subsidy cuts or firms will fail, Ibec tells GovernmentEmployers’ group calls on Coalition to reverse cuts to Covid-19 wage support schemeWed Dec 08 2021 - 05:42
Tech and car sectors push European shares to best gains in over a yearValues continue to recover as tide of worry ebbs over Omicron coronavirus variantTue Dec 07 2021 - 18:36
Scope for expanding cross-Border trade in services, report findsESRI produces two reports under new Shared Island initiativeTue Dec 07 2021 - 04:49
First-time buyers need deposits of €52,500 as house prices riseReport says higher property values are driving deposit amountsTue Dec 07 2021 - 00:01
EU approves over €920m for Ireland under Brexit fundIreland to be largest beneficiary of €5.4bn emergency fund as deemed to be hardest hitMon Dec 06 2021 - 12:58
Ireland bucks OECD tax trend on account of reduced VAT receiptsAgency report reveals pandemic has less impact on tax revenue than previous crisesMon Dec 06 2021 - 11:41
Nama controls enough land for 20,000 new homesMost of development land is in high-demand areas of Dublin, Kildare and MeathMon Dec 06 2021 - 05:30
Corporate tax: Ireland’s version of Norwegian oilState needs to make better use of tax windfall from multinationalsSun Dec 05 2021 - 12:04
Irish economy expands by modest 0.9% in third quarterQuarterly national accounts from CSO point to expansion as restrictions easeFri Dec 03 2021 - 18:46
Dublin is sixth most expensive capital city for rentersStudy finds renting one-bed flat costs an average of €1,643 a month in DublinFri Dec 03 2021 - 17:56
Cairn Homes lodges planning for 569 homes to kick off new Dublin townSouth Dublin County Council has plans for up to 9,000 homes in ClonburrisFri Dec 03 2021 - 07:57
State’s tax receipts surge to record €62bn as economy reboundsExchequer returns buoyed by strong VAT and income and corporation tax receiptsThu Dec 02 2021 - 21:59
Dublin now third most expensive location globally for warehousingFinding comes amid acceleration in construction costs and data centre debateThu Dec 02 2021 - 06:20
‘No magic solution’ to racism in workplace, ESRI report findsDiversity training can act as little more than box-ticking, study findsWed Dec 01 2021 - 21:15
Unemployment falls to pandemic low of 6.9% as economy reboundsLatest CSO jobless figures point to strong recovery in State’s labour marketWed Dec 01 2021 - 11:29
Glanbia Co-op won’t need to sell shares to fund buyout dealCo-op is buying the plc’s remaining 40% stake in the dairy business Glanbia IrelandWed Dec 01 2021 - 10:39
Differences in vaccination rates pose risk to global recovery, OECD warnsThink tank’s warning comes amid the emergence of Omicron variant of Covid-19Wed Dec 01 2021 - 10:19
Government not budgeting for climate and healthcare, Ifac claimsFiscal advisory watchdog warns on continuing over-reliance on corporate tax receiptsWed Dec 01 2021 - 00:01
