Banking crash still costing us despite divestmentsTaxpayers remain significantly under water on AIB and PTSB bailoutsTue Nov 08 2022 - 05:45
Twitter scrambles to get onside with labour lawsActions of company under new owner make a mockery of labour protections in event of redundanciesTue Nov 08 2022 - 05:15
Republic’s exposure to Big Tech underscored by job lossesA pronounced downturn in tech could pose difficulties for IrelandTue Nov 08 2022 - 05:00
Heartless manner of Twitter sackings exposes rough edge of corporate culture Cantillon: Company cutbacks communicated to affected staff via their personal emailSat Nov 05 2022 - 05:10
Workers pay ultimate price for wide-of-the-mark Stripe growth expectation Has Stripe passed the point where its founders need to step back from the tiller?Sat Nov 05 2022 - 05:00
Pension anxiety? Time to get comfortable with the concept of risk Biggest danger to ensuring people have enough money in retirement is failing to press ahead with auto enrolment, says expertSat Nov 05 2022 - 05:00
Twitter won’t be a ‘hellscape’, Musk promises advertisers. They’re not so sureCantillon: Social media company needs to pay the bills but brands – and users – may not be minded to help outThu Nov 03 2022 - 06:05
Savvy planning and good fortune conspire to produce Ireland’s unique fiscal position Government’s tax wedge allows the Government to spend big and still run a surplusThu Nov 03 2022 - 06:00
Martin Shanahan’s sudden exit from IDA should raise eyebrows He is a good hire for Grant Thornton, where he will be able to deploy much of the knowledge he gained while working for the StateSat Oct 29 2022 - 05:00
Planning battle looms for Cairn Homes on former RTÉ landIrish property group likely to face significant opposition from locals over latest apartments plan for Montrose siteThu Oct 27 2022 - 05:15
Braverman’s rapid resurrection and the issue that still dogs UK politicsSuella Braverman’s appointment as UK home secretary suggests issue of immigration will remain a divisive issue for Tory partyThu Oct 27 2022 - 05:00
Sunak starts a long way from those ‘sunlit uplands’New UK premier takes office with grim warnings from insiders and business figures about state of the economyTue Oct 25 2022 - 05:55
Copper supply warning a reminder Ireland is at the mercy of global forcesGlobal inventories of the metal far below traditional levelsTue Oct 25 2022 - 05:00
Tech firms’ change of plans have implications beyond commercial property marketAncillary businesses that rely on workers being in the office will feel the impact tooTue Oct 25 2022 - 00:40
Shopping habits are shifting with inflation, supermarket data shows Less takeaways and more frozen pizzas: product sales data shows how customers are cutting backSat Oct 22 2022 - 06:15
Popcorn factor no consolation for miseries yet to comeConsumer sentiment may have been lifted by sense of stability compared to the UK, but outlook remains depressedSat Oct 22 2022 - 05:33
Green certs raise questions for electricity suppliersCustomers to get more detail about renewables trading systemSat Oct 22 2022 - 05:16
Developers win again with new mortgage rulesLooser lending limits may do little for aspiring homeowners but the construction sector cannot loseThu Oct 20 2022 - 05:55
State-backed summit of global health experts warns against ‘zealotry’ demonising meat industryTeagasc is hosting a meeting this week of global scientists who are being asked to sign the "Dublin Declaration" calling for a more "balanced view" on meatThu Oct 20 2022 - 05:00
An Bord Pleanála requires extensive retrofit Cantillon: An expanded board might well end up with more than 10 members to deal with mounting case loadTue Oct 18 2022 - 05:15
Derek Richardson could be stung for more than €20m in fall of Wasps rugby Irish former insurance broker battled in vain to save the club from going underTue Oct 18 2022 - 05:15
Bank of Ireland and Permanent TSB will not be far behind AIB on ratesAIB careful to allow borrowers time to close deals at existing rates as further mortgage-rate rises loomSat Oct 15 2022 - 05:55
Netflix’s most-watched drama this winter set to be its advertising market debutInvestors will monitor whether consumers respond to firm’s Basic with Ads plan due to launch in 12 countries next monthSat Oct 15 2022 - 05:50
Kwarteng is gone and Truss can’t be far behindCantillon: Budget plan to supercharge the economy succeeded only in portraying Tories as an inept party for the richSat Oct 15 2022 - 05:40
Housing targets do not chime with climate onesDecarbonising the construction/built environment sector is likely to prove a monumental taskThu Oct 13 2022 - 05:00
Ireland takes small yet historic step on workplace pensionsDecades of talk may lead to introduction of soft mandatory auto-enrolment pension scheme for workers from 2024Tue Oct 11 2022 - 06:00
Why has Isme been left out of collective bargaining forum? ISME has criticised ‘absurdly low’ threshold for bargaining rights in report’s recommendationsTue Oct 11 2022 - 05:15
Kwarteng looks to steady ship by rowing back on debt plan Cantillon: UK chancellor announces fast-tracking of plan to reduce government debtTue Oct 11 2022 - 04:47
Is Steve Baker’s Damascene conversion on Anglo-Irish relations for real?The Brexit hardman has extended an olive branch in Anglo-Irish relationsSat Oct 08 2022 - 07:30
Whistleblowers have made serious allegations at one in four Irish firmsAbout 85% of industry professionals do not believe white collar crime is sufficiently enforced in Ireland, survey findsFri Oct 07 2022 - 12:12
ESRI remains upbeat despite deteriorating outlookDespite a slowdown, the think tank doesn't see Ireland falling into recessionThu Oct 06 2022 - 05:00
Republic gets better dividend from US tech giants than any equity investorThis week's exchequer returns confirmed the scale of the boom on corporate taxesThu Oct 06 2022 - 05:00
UK budget bomb still ticking despite tax U-turnThe volatility stoked by the British government's mini-budget may not be over yetTue Oct 04 2022 - 05:00
Google’s habit of killing products may come back to bite itWill consumers become wary of a company like Google that kills projects quickly?Tue Oct 04 2022 - 05:00
Economists ponder whether Government ‘went too far’ with budget largesseOne-off budget measures should make up for the drop in real incomes next year, says the ESRISat Oct 01 2022 - 05:00
Eir continues to be drag on exchequer 23 years after privatisationPrivatisation of the former State telecoms business has proved costly for the State as well as its small scale stock market investorsSat Oct 01 2022 - 05:00
EU energy profit levy may defray cost of budget promises New measures could see windfall tax on Corrib field gas and charge on excess wind energy revenuesSat Oct 01 2022 - 05:00
Euronext recoups quarter of €167m Irish exchange costRevenues at Euronext Dublin, formerly the Irish Stock Exchange plc, have averaged almost €41 million over the past two yearsThu Sept 29 2022 - 06:00
Ifac endorses budget with few equivocationsIrish Fiscal Advisory Council (Ifac) says Budget 2023 strikes difficult balance between helping people and not being too inflationaryThu Sept 29 2022 - 05:45
British chancellor of the exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng’s shock therapy fuelling anxiety Markets react to radical UK plan ‘in a way more akin to an emerging market’Tue Sept 27 2022 - 05:10
Busy times for tech lobbyists as they rack up register returnsCantillon: Data centres, semiconductors, legislation and the metaverse have all been on the minds of Irish tech subsidiariesTue Sept 27 2022 - 05:00
Will Government’s Budget 2023 splurge work? Coalition appears to be keeping to multibillion-euro package flagged in Summer Economic StatementTue Sept 27 2022 - 05:00
Will tourism sector pay the price in Tuesday’s budget for aggressive pricing strategies of hoteliers?During the summer, all the power was with extraordinarily busy hotels. Now, the power lies with the GovernmentSat Sept 24 2022 - 06:00
New UK government rolls the dice with high stakes budgetFinancial markets reacted in shock, particularly to a plan to slash the top income tax rate at the same time as government spending is soaringFri Sept 23 2022 - 20:12
Mixed reaction to Government’s pension planGroups welcome flexibility but query how plan will be fundedThu Sept 22 2022 - 05:45
Tensions trickle through the UK-US special relationshipCantillon: Economic philosophy favoured by Liz Truss has ‘never worked’, tweeted Joe Biden ahead of bilateral meetingThu Sept 22 2022 - 05:00
Uptick in Irish short-term mortgage arrears gives reason for cautionCantillon: Banks tighten lending criteria amid signs households struggling with monthly repaymentsTue Sept 20 2022 - 05:30
Aer Lingus customers on flight path to tiring of excuses for failureAirline’s latest woe inflicts another systems disaster on passengers on Monday as rival Ryanair appears relatively unblemishedTue Sept 20 2022 - 05:00
EU energy windfall tax could net State €200-€300m from Corrib in full yearIf applied to a full year of producers' profits for 2022 the proposed tax could be lucrative for the StateSat Sept 17 2022 - 06:00
