Five factors that influence pensionsFiona Reddan looks at the impact of fees, performance, contributions, duration and tax reliefTue Oct 17 2017 - 00:00
M&S charges Irish shoppers up to 39% more than UK counterparts for Christmas productsRetailer’s customers in Republic will pay more on Christmas turkeys, mince pies and triflesThu Oct 12 2017 - 06:34
Budget 2018: Cuts to income tax and USC set to save families up to €9 a week‘Squeezed middle’ and low-income earners among main beneficiaries of income tax changesTue Oct 10 2017 - 19:24
Budget 2018: What the changes mean for you and your familyFrom millennials to baby boomers almost all generations benefit but savings are mutedTue Oct 10 2017 - 19:21
Budget 2018: Boost for families with a stay-at-home parentIncrease in home carer’s credit means one-income families will pay €100 less tax a yearTue Oct 10 2017 - 18:54
Budget 2018: Self-employed to pay €200 less in tax a yearEarned-income credit rises to €1,150 but no relief on USC surcharge for those earning more than €100,000Tue Oct 10 2017 - 18:20
Budget 2018: Lack of increase in inheritance tax threshold likely to disappointGovernment signals no increase in tax-free threshold for parent-child transfersTue Oct 10 2017 - 15:04
Eight financial mistakes to avoid in your 40sOkay, it’s time to get serious. This decade is about setting you up for the latter half of your lifeTue Oct 10 2017 - 06:15
Budget 2018: Don’t go ‘overboard’ on spending or tax cuts Brian Hayes warnsMEP opposes returning to mantra of ‘when you have it, spend it’ and urges government to stick to EU fiscal rulesMon Oct 09 2017 - 12:02
EBS cuts mortgage rates – but no relief for variable rate borrowersAIB subsidiary cuts fixed rates by up to 55 basis points but standard variable rate unchangedMon Oct 09 2017 - 08:09
Cutting personal tax in Budget 2018 a key priority, survey findsIrish business leaders also less concerned about impact of proposed US tax reformsFri Oct 06 2017 - 05:02
Budget 2018: Where does all your tax money go?Servicing the national debt still accounts for 16% of spending - more than the spend on education, housing or justiceThu Oct 05 2017 - 12:06
State fund to lend up to €50m for Cherrywood infrastructureDebt facility will enable Hines to fund development of new south Dublin town centreThu Oct 05 2017 - 11:03
Haven follows AIB with mortgage rate cutLender drops rates to as low as 2.75% as competition in mortgage market heats upThu Oct 05 2017 - 08:42
Nimbyism alive and well in south Dublin planning objectionsDún Laoghaire-Rathdown cases show objections do not equate to refusalsThu Oct 05 2017 - 06:00
Pan European pensions on sale in Ireland by 2019It’s been a long time in coming but the PEPP will offer portability and better choice to Irish pension saversTue Oct 03 2017 - 17:34
Housing crisis? No wonder: Ireland has EU’s top rental yieldsIreland tops buy-to-let league table, at 7.08%, making it attractive to investorsTue Oct 03 2017 - 14:20
Dublin pub sales fall in first nine months of the yearSale of 16 pubs including JJ Smyth’s on Aungier Street top €17mTue Oct 03 2017 - 13:41
Budget 2018: Five ways you might benefit next Tuesday - and one way you won’tWith a week to go some Budget measures now look very likelyTue Oct 03 2017 - 10:37
The generation game: The budget winners and losers in the past decadeWhich age group has won the most in the budgets since 2008?Tue Oct 03 2017 - 05:45
BoI launches market-beating 2.5% deposit rate – for childrenYoung Saver Account will pay interest on balances up to €5,000 at a bonus rate of 2.5%Mon Oct 02 2017 - 16:45
Generation X ‘highly leveraged’ and most vulnerable to rate hikesCentral Bank report sounds warning on interest rates to boom-time property buyersMon Oct 02 2017 - 12:01
Passing on wealth tax efficientlyAt Investec, they’re noting a growing interest in Section 72 life policies, which covers the cost of settling an inheritance tax bill in the event of your deathFri Sept 29 2017 - 00:00
A defence of finance drawing on the artsThe route to instilling more of an ethical compass in finance is by putting it through a prism of art and literature, argues new book by Harvard professorThu Sept 28 2017 - 05:49
BidX1 cuts reserve prices ahead of Wednesday’s auctionBilled as Europe’s biggest online property auction, over 300 properties will go under the hammer tomorrowTue Sept 26 2017 - 11:34
House prices: Ireland third in the world for price growthGlobal housing boom looks to be losing momentum but Ireland is still one of the best performingTue Sept 26 2017 - 09:58
Ireland v the rest of the world: Do we pay too much tax?Relatively little of burden placed on lower-income earners but ‘squeezed middle’ feel pinchTue Sept 26 2017 - 06:00
Irish homeowners older getting on property ladder than in UKNumber of under-30s buying home in Ireland has plummeted but has risen in UKMon Sept 25 2017 - 13:35
Revenue to track rental income from landlords for first timeTax authority stepping up interest in residential landlords as housing crisis deepensMon Sept 25 2017 - 12:34
Revenues fall at Swiss-Irish food group AryztaCuisine de France manufacturer hit by rising costs and falling revenues in North AmericaMon Sept 25 2017 - 06:59
Middle-income earners will still bear brunt of tax burdenBudget promises unlikely to lighten load on ‘squeezed middle’ in any significant wayTue Sept 19 2017 - 18:21
Budget 2018: Tax savings for middle income earners might be as little as €200Irish Tax Institute figures show €1,000 increase in 20% band would see the average earner save less than €200 a yearTue Sept 19 2017 - 11:00
Don’t cut taxes in the Budget - NeriCase for cutting taxes ‘extremely weak’ given need for housing and infrastructure, economic institute saysTue Sept 19 2017 - 09:02
Housing: Who are the cash buyers and how come there’s so many of them?Central Bank chief Philip Lane says cash buyers limit ability to control house pricesTue Sept 19 2017 - 05:37
Property prices on track to surpass Celtic Tiger highs by 2020Price rises outside Dublin to lag capital by a year, new study by Savills predictsTue Sept 19 2017 - 05:30
Irish Life Health members get discounted access to new minor injury clinicsAffidea readies two new express care clinics with more to followMon Sept 18 2017 - 13:36
Developers reluctant to build apartments, new figures showPlanning permission for apartments up just 2.7 per cent year on year in second quarterMon Sept 18 2017 - 12:33
Dalata acquires additional 33 suites at Clarion Liffey ValleyIrish hotel group takes another step towards full ownership of Dublin hotelMon Sept 18 2017 - 07:22
Dermot Desmond’s Dublin casino is still in the redLatest figures for The Sporting Emporium show accumulated losses of €3.5mTue Sept 12 2017 - 18:13
One in 10 homeowners are still behind on mortgage repaymentsCentral Bank figures also show that almost one in five buy-to-let mortgages are still in arrearsTue Sept 12 2017 - 13:45
Lidl on Grafton Street? It must be a pop-upGerman discount grocer brings new meaning to ‘fast fashion’ with pop-up store to showcase Heidi Klum fashion rangeTue Sept 12 2017 - 08:53
Medical cards: What do they give you and how do you get one?Free GP, lower tax rates, cheaper childcare, free school bus- medical cards bring more benefits than you might expectTue Sept 12 2017 - 05:24
Shares dive as Providence hits water in Irish oil wellIrish oil and gas explorer currently plugging and abandoning the well prospectMon Sept 11 2017 - 21:44
Dublin’s reputation as global financial centre improvesIrish capital up three spots to 30, but still behind Luxembourg and FrankfurtMon Sept 11 2017 - 21:03
Consumer sentiment weakens in AugustBack-to-school costs and scepticism about economic recovery dampen spendingWed Sept 06 2017 - 00:01
PetroNeft completes drilling of well at Russian oil fieldTest confirms that Sibkrayevskoye is a large oil fieldTue Sept 05 2017 - 21:18
Irish coffee: The strategy behind Starbucks’ sprawlWith 73 outlets in Ireland, the chain has been rebuked for opening shops without planningTue Sept 05 2017 - 20:17
Fiscal council warns that Brexit effect may be ‘harsher’ than expectedIndependent body urges Government there is only room for ‘moderate’ tax cuts in budgetTue Sept 05 2017 - 10:08
Budget 2018: We are down to the wire. Here’s what we think is going to happenWill Donohoe and Varadkar magic up some ‘fiscal space’?Tue Sept 05 2017 - 05:03
Exchequer returns point to limited Budget wriggle roomLatest numbers show Government’s tax take still trails projection by €209mTue Sept 05 2017 - 01:00
