Economy

‘When 1.5 degrees is your North Star, fossil phase-out is inevitable,’ Eamon Ryan tells meeting in Dubai

‘What chance do we have if our voices are suffocated by the influence of big polluters?’

Latest exchequer returns show strong performance across all main tax heads, leaving the public finances in rude health in the run-up to Christmas

First response to controversy over testy exchange with Cop28 president comes via X

AIB’s latest purchasing managers index (PMI) for services points to expansion in total activity and new business

November’s exchequer data on Tuesday is expected to detail a further reversal in corporate tsx take. The scale of the slide will have implications for the public finances

Bundesbank president says inflation is a ‘stubborn, greedy beast’ and the next phase of wrestling it down will be more difficult

Planet Business: Virgin Atlantic’s sustainable aviation fuel flight, Charlie Munger’s one-liners and the new prime minister of New Zealand

Contraction largely driven by sectors dominated by multinationals doing business outside Ireland

Let’s talk about a new Republic, the Second Republic

More needs to be done on home front but Irish emissions are coming down, says Taoiseach

Tax revenue generated in Northern Ireland goes nowhere near covering the cost of its public services

AIB managing purchasing managers’ index finds ‘very marginal increases’ in output last month

‘If we do not signal the terminal decline of the fossil fuel era as we know it we welcome our own terminal decline’, warns UN climate chief

Bank of Ireland figures show card spending in city centre was down over a quarter at the weekend and by 46% on Friday

Labour politician hailed for calm management of the British treasury during the financial crash between 2007 and 2010

Faster-than-anticipated decline is likely to fuel speculation that the European Central Bank may start bringing down interest rates earlier

Search engine giant agrees deal ending six-month stand-off

OECD’s latest assessment says the slowdown in global demand has triggered marked reductions in export volumes

Price growth of 2.3% is the lowest since the middle of 2021 and comes as energy prices on wholesale markets continue to fall

Ireland could absorb fall-off in revenue generated from tax into its budget surplus, says Minister for Public Expenditure

Dr Ed Walsh says dilution of enterprise focus risks undoing ‘what has been achieved during last 25 years’

America and its allies remain more united and economically powerful than Beijing’s group of malcontents

Figures show gardaí enjoyed average weekly earnings, including overtime and bonuses, of €1,579.28 in the third quarter

State fares comparatively well on sustainability, but underperforms on social and community impact, according to new barometer

The great silver bullet of vacancy was an illusion all along and the latest tax returns, published by the Department of Finance, prove it

Non-nationals filled half of the additional jobs created over the past year, allowing the jobs market to surge to a new high

It is welcome at a time when interest rates are rising and bond investors are again looking at the prospects of individual countries

Planet Business: Kyle and Jackie O, departing top executives, and boardroom shenanigans at OpenAI

David McWilliams: The right has become left, and the left has become the right. Such blurring will continue

Electricity prices are still just a third of the level they hit at the peak of the energy crisis in August last year

Joining the then EEC 50 years ago opened Irish policymakers to a whole new way of thinking

Constitutional court ruling leaves the country’s federal budget in disarray and threatens investment in climate transition projects, rail system upgrades and Intel factory

Varadkar praises National Economic and Social Council for evidence-based policy advice over past 50 years

Central Bank governor Gabriel Makhlouf positive on the outlook for inflation, uncertain about impact of higher interest rates

Latest data implies slowdown may be easing

Financial stability review signals risks to public finances and corporate revenues

At COP this year, a commitment must be made to rapidly phasing down the use of all fossil fuels

Regulator’s governing commission discusses impact of changing interest rate environment at latest meeting

UK regulator concerned about its persistence