Trump’s tariff threats over Mexico and Canada weigh on Smurfit WestrockPackaging products in firing line if levies happenThu Feb 13 2025 - 06:15
Quintain rebrands as housing industry faces challengesCompany is backed by San Francisco-headquartered global investor TPGThu Feb 13 2025 - 06:00
Why is the US economy so much stronger than Europe’s?Several reasons for the weak performance of Europe and the US’s better-than-expected oneTue Feb 11 2025 - 06:00
Gender balance initiative spreads its wings Balance for Better Business will expand focus from Iseq listed companies to the private sector Tue Feb 11 2025 - 06:00
Trump tariffs threaten Ireland’s service economy too There is a risk of escalation through the treatment of social media companies Sun Feb 09 2025 - 06:00
Marty Whelan’s wonderful world has extra appeal in dark timesThe genial Lyric FM breakfast presenter has seen his audience swell to an all-time high. Is he the audio salve more of us need in 2025?Sat Feb 08 2025 - 06:00
Kay Burley’s exit from Sky News marks the end of an eraPresenter was face of the 24-hour news service from day one, but almost everything else has changed for channel since 1989Thu Feb 06 2025 - 06:00
Davy report highlights difficulty measuring scale of housing shortageAs estimated housing requirement keeps increasing, there is little prospect of the crisis endingThu Feb 06 2025 - 06:00
Apple’s AI patience may be paying off Emergence of DeepSeek has upended rivals’ plansSun Feb 02 2025 - 06:00
Vet meds giant Norbrook getting used to disappointment Company remains bullish despite stagnating sales and an ongoing struggle to grow profitsSat Feb 01 2025 - 06:00
Housing experts pour freezing cold water on Government’s narrative of turbocharged housing supply ‘Little chance’ of achieving plan to build 300,000 new homes by 2030Thu Jan 30 2025 - 06:00
Rachel Reeves banks on long-term gain but is getting short-term painThe UK chancellor has looked to the future with a plan for a third runway at London’s HeathrowThu Jan 30 2025 - 06:00
Ryanair eyes end to Boeing’s woes and lifting of Dublin Airport cap Group’s top executives Michael O’Leary and Neil Sorahan bid good riddance to Eamon Ryan and fix Darragh O’Brien in their sightsTue Jan 28 2025 - 05:55
Trump’s zero-sum trade policy: co-operate or elseThreat of tariffs against Colombia illustrates Washington’s new bullish negotiating tacticsTue Jan 28 2025 - 05:00
Glenveagh share buyback pushes Swiss hedge fund over 23% markTeleios Capital Partners seeks out long-term stakes in ‘concentrated portfolio’ of small and mid-sized European companiesSun Jan 26 2025 - 06:00
Is Trump’s ‘drill, baby, drill’ an empty promise? Private enterprise controls oil and may not share US president’s enthusiasm for increased productionSat Jan 25 2025 - 06:00
How the State spent €10m on Apple tax caseNewly released documents outline who got what and whenThu Jan 23 2025 - 06:00
Irish boss Bourke sticks with plan to IPO Portuguese bank after mini crisisNovo Banco fired its chief risk officer earlier this month amid ‘suspicious financial transactions’Thu Jan 23 2025 - 06:00
Was Reeves snubbed at Davos or is UK just paranoid?UK chancellor wasn’t invited to speak at the myriad of debates and panel discussions that front the four-day event in the Swiss AlpsThu Jan 23 2025 - 06:00
A large sale of AIB shares will be tempting for new CoalitionAIB seen by analysts as one of the most exposed large lenders across EuropeTue Jan 21 2025 - 05:48
Donald Trump’s reprieve for TikTok might only prove to be a short-term solution for the Chinese appTikTok was off air for just 14 hours in the US over the weekend, with Trump granting it a 90-day stay on its Biden-era banTue Jan 21 2025 - 05:45
Davos clamps down on gatecrashersNew regulations curtail who can rent out buildings or set up temporary structures during the four-day annual gatheringSat Jan 18 2025 - 06:00
Is TikTok’s US shutdown any more than a game of musical chairs among Chinese apps?After the US supreme court upheld a ban on the video app unless it sheds its Chinese owners, a final decision on action rests with politiciansFri Jan 17 2025 - 18:25
Latest Enterprise Ireland and trade figures underscore Ireland’s vulnerability to US protectionismIncoming US president Donald Trump says he will use tariffs, or at least the threat of tariffs, to improve the US trade balanceThu Jan 16 2025 - 06:15
Time to unfriend? Lawyer responds to Meta’s ‘descent’Mark Lemley will stay on Facebook, he says. But there are other things he can do to salve his conscienceThu Jan 16 2025 - 06:15
Wind energy sector ringing right bellsFocus on electricity prices resonates with consumersThu Jan 16 2025 - 06:00
It’s not just Ireland: Spain moves to counter its own housing crisisSpanish prime minister unveils raft of measures to ease rents and house price inflationTue Jan 14 2025 - 06:00
Rachel Reeves returns to fiscal storm in UKUK chancellor jets in from China amid financial controversyTue Jan 14 2025 - 05:45
Who needs an iSmell? Nevada’s CES offers a tantalising view of the future Consumer electronics fair looks forward, with AI the firm focus for 2025Sun Jan 12 2025 - 06:00
Curtains close at insolvent Windmill Lane Pictures US actors’ and writers’ strikes compounded problems that had built up at the storied Dublin studioSat Jan 11 2025 - 06:00
No let up in pain for would be home buyersMyHome report shows age of first-time buyers continues to creep upThu Jan 09 2025 - 05:45
Mixed messages on jobs and productivityContinuing low unemployment makes incoming government’s capacity for significant infrastructure investment a challengeThu Jan 09 2025 - 05:00
Amazon Prime Video’s latest star is Melania TrumpIncoming first lady will be an executive producer of the documentary released by Jeff Bezos-owned streamerTue Jan 07 2025 - 06:00
Ireland expecting its tax boom to continue would be a mistake, especially with Trump’s returnFollowing a record tax take in 2024, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael look set to double down on their bets that taxes will continue to flow inTue Jan 07 2025 - 06:00
Manifold bows out of CRH after almost 400% share price surgeJim Mintern takes over as chief executive of building materials giantSun Jan 05 2025 - 05:33
Clegg out, Kaplan in: a sign of the Trumpian times at MetaFormer Lib Dem leader has been replaced by a Republican ally as tech sector races to appease the president-electSat Jan 04 2025 - 06:00
Pension bill is finally catching up with some bossesOne in six workers does not have access to a pension in their workplace according to new data from the CSOSun Dec 22 2024 - 06:00
Rapidly-growing non-alcoholic beer market ‘underdeveloped’ Sales of 0.0 products rising fast but Irish consumers are a long way short of some European counterpartsSat Dec 21 2024 - 06:00
Davy settlement closes year Bank of Ireland bosses might rather forgetDavy settlement latest in a litany of woesThu Dec 19 2024 - 06:15
Ireland has lowest inflation rate in euro zoneEurostat says Ireland had lowest level of annualised price growth in NovemberThu Dec 19 2024 - 06:15
Selling new workplace pension is getting harder all the timeDepartment of Social Protection now looking at flat-fee structure to run scheme that disadvantages poorest paidTue Dec 17 2024 - 06:00
US corporate tax changes could prove bigger threat to Ireland than tariffsIncentives designed to bring back intellectual property or patents domicilled abroad could prove problematic for IrelandTue Dec 17 2024 - 05:45
Coaches join clarion call over Dublin Airport cap Tourism needs aviation to bring in visitors,and airlines need tourism to fill their seatsSun Dec 15 2024 - 05:00
ECB switches focus from inflation to Europe’s flagging economyChristine Lagarde spent a lot of her press conference on Thursday pointing to the growing strains in the economySat Dec 14 2024 - 06:00
ESRI again highlights regulator’s role in fanning house pricesThink-tank not backing off previous suggestion that loosening mortgage rules boosted the property marketThu Dec 12 2024 - 06:00
What is PTSB really trying to tell staff?Lender is cutting jobs, but announcement smacks of an attempt to avoid giving a reason for the moveThu Dec 12 2024 - 05:00
Lagarde seen striking more dovish tone on interest rates as ECB meets this weekEuropean Central Bank president Christine Lagarde has gotten away with saying as little as possible when asked about France’s problemsTue Dec 10 2024 - 06:00
Central Bank makes number-crunching a bit easier to understand Banks are the dominant player in borrowing but non-banks are big for businesses and credit unions are most popular for personal loansTue Dec 10 2024 - 05:00
Indians emerge as best-paid foreign nationals in snapshot of Ireland’s workforceIreland’s jobs market is increasingly international but local workers more than hold their ownSun Dec 08 2024 - 06:00
Mixed martial arts firm tightlipped on McGregor roleAlta Global had welcomed partnership with Conor McGregor as recently as SeptemberSat Dec 07 2024 - 06:00
