Have Irish hotel sale prices peaked with the Shelbourne’s €92 million profit?Sale of Shelbourne Hotel this year netted its owner a $99m profit but questions are being asked about how the new owners can make a return on their investmentTue May 14 2024 - 06:00
C&C’s results delay is embarrassing – and a cause for concernWhy has a public company missed arguably its most important accounting deadline of the year?Tue May 14 2024 - 06:00
PTSB deposit rate cut looks like a preview of coming eventsAs the ECB starts cutting interest rates, look for the banks to follow suit on deposit ratesSun May 12 2024 - 06:00
Dubai Duty Free’s McLoughlin retires after 41 years on topFormer Aer Rianta executive helped set up operation in the emirate four decades agoSat May 11 2024 - 06:00
Apple starts its fightback in AI battleTech giant breaks with traditional product cycle to launch new chip in flagship iPadThu May 09 2024 - 06:00
DCC share price rise powers FTSE 100 to record trading sessionIrish support services group receives strong ‘buy’ recommendation from Deutsche NumisThu May 09 2024 - 05:45
A chill on Apple’s fortunes may be abating As with Microsoft and Google, the tech giant must show it is taking AI seriouslySun May 05 2024 - 06:00
Slow moving second-hand home market a drag on mortgage lendingMover mortgages have fallen substantially over the past year due to a lack of options for people looking to ‘upsize’Sat May 04 2024 - 06:00
Latest euro zone inflation figures suggest ECB will move slowly on ratesFrankfurt is still expecting to start cutting rate this year but the moves may be small and slowThu May 02 2024 - 06:15
Card data suggests it’s not all doom and gloom in the hospitality sectorCentral Bank figures show card spending on social activities such as entertainment, dining out and memberships is growing faster than overall averageThu May 02 2024 - 05:00
Bankinter shows way to banks wary of setting up Irish subsidiaries Spanish firm entering market here but not using a standalone businessTue Apr 30 2024 - 06:00
Are Irish companies ready for artificial intelligence?Surveys paint a mixed picture of firms preparedness for the coming AI revolutionTue Apr 30 2024 - 06:00
Motorists paying a premium for uninsured driversThe number of claims for incidents involved uninsured cars or those that cannot be traced jumped 11% last yearTue Apr 30 2024 - 05:00
Irish Ferries owner faces possible fight on chief executive bonusProxy adviser ISS urges shareholders to reject company’s remuneration report at forthcoming agmSun Apr 28 2024 - 06:00
Sinn Féin meets UK investors in LondonParty has been attempting to soothe corporate anxieties over the prospect of it leading the next GovernmentSat Apr 27 2024 - 05:00
Widespread late filing of company documents will cost businessesCRO recently reinstated its enforcement process and then suspended it again due to an errorThu Apr 25 2024 - 06:00
Interesting new faces on FD Technologies share registerNew York-based investors now own close to 20% of Newry headquartered tech firm without stating their intentionsThu Apr 25 2024 - 05:00
The E in Environmental, Social and Governance is fast becoming a dead letterWall Street giants and oil majors continue to roll back support for climate actionTue Apr 23 2024 - 06:00
Government to set out latest fiscal projections in annual stability programme updateDocument expected to present relatively upbeat assessment of economyTue Apr 23 2024 - 00:00
Will Aviva’s return to the Irish health insurance market reduce premium prices?Average price of health insurance premiums increased 10% in 2023 to almost €1,600Sun Apr 21 2024 - 06:00
McGrath’s difficult communications strategy on State finances The Finance Minister never misses an opportunity to raise the ‘inherent unpredictability’ of business taxSat Apr 20 2024 - 06:00
Poor year for dairy as falling prices hit earnings but nitrate limit is main industry worryLakeland and Aurivo follow Dairygold in announcing major fall-off in earnings on back of weaker markets internationallyThu Apr 18 2024 - 06:45
Kissane faces an uphill battle, but only the foolish would bet against himAdviser whose work exposed tracker mortgage scandal has now turned his attention to the losses of Belfry funds’ Irish investorsThu Apr 18 2024 - 05:00
More fixed-rate mortages have helped insulate countries from higher ratesIMF report includes research on why higher rates impact countries differentlyTue Apr 16 2024 - 06:00
VHI lets 11% of customers loose to check out market rivals Health insurer has given no plausible explanation for selecting some of its most popular plans for closureTue Apr 16 2024 - 05:30
Eir says sorry … againState’s largest telecoms group was not just failing consumers on service, it was actively frustrating themTue Apr 16 2024 - 05:15
A Wild Atlantic Way to churn tourist revenue Now worth €3bn annually, the mammoth success of this west coast tourist trail continues to growSun Apr 14 2024 - 05:31
Full steam ahead for IDA as it steps on board the AI hype trainNo place for scepticism in IDA Ireland’s labour market report as it hails potential of artificial intelligenceSat Apr 13 2024 - 05:37
ECB expected to hold fire while signalling June rate cutMarkets expect Frankfurt to implement a sequence of rate cuts in the second half of 2024 but wage growth remains the chief worryThu Apr 11 2024 - 06:05
Running out of time on auto-enrolmentNew figures show compulsory workplace saving could deliver a decent pensionThu Apr 11 2024 - 05:00
Flutter Entertainment’s roots in Ireland, but gambling firm’s future is in the United StatesIrish revenues from stable of companies up 8% above $300m but US subsidiary clocked income at $4.4bnTue Apr 09 2024 - 06:00
Homeowners who waited to switch lender until ECB hiked rates missed peak savingsMortgage-switching activity ratcheted up sharply when European Central Bank raised rates for first time in more than a decadeTue Apr 09 2024 - 05:00
CVs at the ready as RTÉ seeks ‘two exceptional leaders’Director of content role will be split into a director of audio and a director of videoSun Apr 07 2024 - 06:00
PTSB joins AIB in plan to take out small legacy investorsThe equivalent of 100 shares in the former Irish Life & Permanent today would have been worth €224,500, 17 years agoSat Apr 06 2024 - 06:00
Inflation has softened but prices are still growingFall-off in inflation is welcome but pressure from higher energy and food prices remainsThu Apr 04 2024 - 06:00
Might Mainstream Renewable Power be sold?Majority shareholder Aker Horizons has several options to consider for future ownership structure of Dublin-based renewables firmThu Apr 04 2024 - 05:47
New QuickPark owner needed to challenge DAA’s car parking monopoly at Dublin AirportCar parking is big business for State-owned DAA and the CCPC was right to block its €70m purchase of nearby QuickPark facilitySun Mar 31 2024 - 06:00
How will the Shelbourne Hotel’s new owner recoup the near €260m price tag?Hefty price has raised eyebrows within the hospitality industrySat Mar 30 2024 - 06:00
Further activist interest in Ires heaps on pressure ahead of agmCompany has been subject to campaign to put itself up for saleThu Mar 28 2024 - 06:00
Tale of two TV licence fees as Irish charge enters 17th year unchangedBBC fee will increase by 6.6% next month - and even that rise is not enough to avoid substantial cutbacksThu Mar 28 2024 - 05:30
Falling Gucci sales and the rise of ‘quiet luxury’Rich consumers eschewing more ostentatious big logo brands in favour of subtle extravaganceTue Mar 26 2024 - 06:00
Social media app X has fast become a zombified platformWhile other social platforms are still growing worldwide, new figures suggest daily usage of Elon Musk’s company has wanedTue Mar 26 2024 - 06:00
Music industry once again a hot ticket for young workers Those who 15 years ago would rather have worked ‘at Google or wherever’ are now keen to find employment at record companies, a global industry event heard this weekSun Mar 24 2024 - 06:00
House prices on the rise again, but what’s driving them?Population growth, a strong labour market and softer mortgage lending rules may all be at playSat Mar 23 2024 - 05:00
Will Kenmare managing director’s exit after 38 years embolden activist investor?Business centred on Moma mine in Mozambique which produces 7% of global titanium feedstocksThu Mar 21 2024 - 06:00
‘Stability’ a watchword at US-Ireland event amid Varadkar bombshellBusiness leaders at pains to soothe anxieties about next electionThu Mar 21 2024 - 06:00
Vodafone chief executive says retrenchment plan complete with Italian saleIrish business has been lossmaking in recent years - will that become an issue at the top of the firm?Sat Mar 16 2024 - 06:00
What now for TikTok in the US? Finding a solution that will keep the US authorities happy while also getting China on board will be difficultSat Mar 16 2024 - 05:58
Collaborating through gritted teethPharma sector stakeholders still scoring points off each other despite new resources and talk of ‘shared purpose’Thu Mar 14 2024 - 06:00
Irish banks’ on-demand deposit rates hit eight-year high ... of 0.13%Lenders count on most customers keeping their money in on-demand accountsThu Mar 14 2024 - 05:30
