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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Ibec may have a closet social democrat in its midst - the head man himself Head of Ireland’s main business lobby calls for bigger state and higher taxes to pay for itSat Sept 17 2022 - 05:30
Could worst of the gas price surge be behind us?Uncertainty makes it hard for governments to plan but recently moderating gas prices may bode well for winterSat Sept 17 2022 - 05:00
Developer won’t let it go on suggestion of smaller gardens for suburban housesGlenveagh Properties says current system is contributing to the supply shortage rather than alleviating itThu Sept 15 2022 - 06:00
A turn in the property market but will it lead to a correction in prices?Latest data points to slowdown on the back of cost-of-living issues and higher interest ratesThu Sept 15 2022 - 05:00
Tullow Oil: the long, but inevitable, goodbyeTullow is the latest firm to delist from the Irish stock exchange, now known as Euronext DublinTue Sept 13 2022 - 18:06
Penneys business model set to be tested as it prepares to open in TallaghtThe inflation crisis is squeezing the retail chain from every directionTue Sept 13 2022 - 05:00
Winter of financial hardship looms amid German recession forecastIfo's forecast for a German recession likely means one for the euro zone as a wholeTue Sept 13 2022 - 05:00
Irish deposit holders face lengthy interest wait even as ECB hikesCantillon: Banks shielded most depositors from negative rates on excess cash for eight yearsSat Sept 10 2022 - 05:20
Pressure grows in EU to impose 15% corporate rateRepublic will sit tight but if most EU countries implement new rate Government likely to followSat Sept 10 2022 - 04:00
Citigroup talks on Ronan scheme boost nervous office marketA number of firms have slowed their expansion plans for DublinThu Sept 08 2022 - 05:00
Economics of cold war with Russia enter new phaseCantillon: Russia threatens an all-out embargo in response to EU’s price cap planThu Sept 08 2022 - 05:00
Why is an Irish State agency Europe’s busiest venture capital investor?Why is Enterprise Ireland Europe's busiest venture capital investor?Tue Sept 06 2022 - 05:30
European Central Bank prepares for battle against inflationMarkets pricing in 0.5% interest rate hike with high probability of 0.75% increaseTue Sept 06 2022 - 05:00
Consumers need help to convert to renewablesZero or low interest loans likely to be the investment the State needs to make to kickstart mass migration to green energySat Sept 03 2022 - 06:00
Charged atmosphere as EirGrid and CRU disagree on Republic’s electricity squeezeGrid operator says it cannot support utilities regulator’s plan to add €100m to network charges at peak times over next 12 monthsFri Sept 02 2022 - 19:29
