Aer Lingus weighs up legal action against Dublin Airport passenger capAs flagship airline issues Q1 operating loss, Irish carriers question right of aviation regulator to intervene in capFri May 10 2024 - 17:51
State has enough construction workers to build 50,000 homes a year, Cairn chief saysMichael Stanley appears to contradict National Competitiveness and Productivity Council report pinpointing shortage of labour as key constraintFri May 10 2024 - 16:32
CRH reports solid start to year on back of ‘positive pricing’Building materials group says revenues rose 2 per cent to $6.5 billion in first quarterFri May 10 2024 - 07:32
Irish inflation drops to near three-year low Falling energy prices drive headline rate lower but underlying price growth remains elevatedThu May 09 2024 - 18:38
Irish manufacturing sector sees biggest orders slump in 16 monthsAIB’s latest Purchasing Managers’ Index points to sustained reduction in output volumes and incoming new workWed May 01 2024 - 00:00
Revenue to remain open for warehoused tax payment plans until FridayMore than 8,600 businesses have set up payment arrangements so farTue Apr 30 2024 - 18:51
European shares slip as investors parse inflation dataStoxx 600 notches first monthly loss in six even as data signals improving economic fundamentalsTue Apr 30 2024 - 18:24
Euro zone exits recession but inflation remains stickyLargest economies perform better than anticipatedTue Apr 30 2024 - 12:13
Ireland should have told ECB to ‘bugger off’ during bailout talks, Varoufakis saysGreek economist believes Ireland was bullied into bailout, Greeks pay German prices on Bulgarian wages and global economy has moved into technofeudalismTue Apr 30 2024 - 06:00
Irish economy returns to growth in first quarter with GDP up 1.1%Preliminary CSO data indicate GDP was boosted by an increase in activity in the State’s multinational-dominated technology sectorMon Apr 29 2024 - 12:03
Irish inflation drops to three-year low of 1.6%Falling energy prices push headline inflation lower but food prices still risingMon Apr 29 2024 - 11:59
Why are so many people leaving the UK’s workforce?Close to one million people have left, quit or retired from the workforce since pandemicSun Apr 28 2024 - 12:43
Consumer sentiment falls amid job losses and higher prices Latest Credit Union consumer sentiment index fell to 67.8 in April, down from 69.5 the previous monthThu Apr 25 2024 - 18:46
Housing targets at risk as new home completions fallCSO figures show output fell by more than 12 per cent in the first three months of 2024 which endangers Government’s aimsThu Apr 25 2024 - 12:06
Budget spending spree could overheat economy, Central Bank deputy governor warns Vasileios Madouros highlights economic risk from rising geopolitical tensions and further trade fragmentationWed Apr 24 2024 - 17:14
Lenders not adequately engaging with borrowers in arrears, says Central Bank Regulator’s review highlights instances of ‘inadequate follow-up with borrowers’ and poor staff knowledgeWed Apr 24 2024 - 14:11
Coalition’s budgetary war chest balloons as election nearsGovernment’s latest stability programme update forecasts €38 billion in budgetary surpluses over the next four yearsTue Apr 23 2024 - 18:01
Budget surplus of €8.6bn forecast despite ‘loss of economic momentum’Budgetary surplus of almost €38bn over the next four years, according to Stability Programme UpdateTue Apr 23 2024 - 13:00
Farmland prices forecast to rise in tandem with dairy recovery Report indicates most expensive agricultural land in State is in Waterford where good quality land on small holdings fetched an average of €20,000 per acre last yearTue Apr 23 2024 - 06:00
Wholesale electricity prices down over 70% since immediate aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Energy prices spiked after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, reaching a peak in August that yearMon Apr 22 2024 - 12:03
Is Apple behind latest drop in corporation tax?A sharp fall-off in receipts in March might - according to insiders - relate to the tech giant’s reassessing its tax liability hereSun Apr 21 2024 - 12:14
Residential property transactions fall 18% in first quarter as higher borrowing costs biteReport by property start-up Geowox highlights steep decline in transactions on back of 10 straight ECB interest rate hikesSat Apr 20 2024 - 06:00
European shares pare losses as geopolitical jitters easeContinent-wide Stoxx 600 closes 0.1 per cent lowerFri Apr 19 2024 - 18:25
Heineken price hike could add 15 to 20 cent to cost of a pint While the brewer is adding 6 cents to its price, sources indicate this could rise to as high as 20 at the taps due to margins such as VATThu Apr 18 2024 - 14:44
Arrabawn bucks dairy market slump with record resultsTipperary-based co-op posts record earnings and operating profits for last year despite slide in market returns elsewhereThu Apr 18 2024 - 13:16
Lakeland reports €8m loss amid once-off restructuring charge and weaker dairy market returnsCavan-based group hit by weaker dairy prices and exceptional charges related to a restructuring of its businessWed Apr 17 2024 - 13:00
House price inflation accelerates to more than 6%Prices rose at an average rate of 6.1 per cent in the 12 months to February, latest CSO residential property price index showsWed Apr 17 2024 - 11:25
Wider Middle East conflict could re-ignite inflationary crisis, IMF warnsWashington-based fund says geopolitical tensions could trigger new commodity price spikeTue Apr 16 2024 - 14:00
Exports fall by almost €800m in FebruaryFall-off was driven by €1.4 billion (38 per cent) drop in exports of organic chemicals, CSO latest trade numbers showTue Apr 16 2024 - 12:29
Makhlouf warns on risk to financial system from non-bank sectorCentral Bank of Ireland governor speaking in Washington in advance of International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetingsMon Apr 15 2024 - 21:40
Europe stocks flat as energy counters strength in industrialsInvestors remain on the look out for any developments in the Middle East after Iran launched retaliatory attack on Israel over the weekendMon Apr 15 2024 - 18:51
Fertiliser prices drop 45% in 12 months, easing pressure on farmersFertiliser prices spiked in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent jump in the cost of natural gasMon Apr 15 2024 - 12:21
Did we catastrophise Brexit?Four years on from UK’s official departure from the EU, the Irish economy is relatively untrammelled by the new arrangementsSun Apr 14 2024 - 12:30
From laggard to first mover: ECB could be first big central bank to cut ratesWhile Frankfurt, as predicted, kept rates unchanged on Thursday, policymakers signalled the possibility of a rate cut at their next meeting in JuneThu Apr 11 2024 - 17:01
Housing commencements surge 67% in first quarterGoodbody’s latest housing tracker highlights big jump in activity ahead of ending levy waiverWed Apr 10 2024 - 18:21
Switch to electric cars hits speed bump with further decline in salesNumber of newly licensed electric vehicles down almost 10 per cent in the first quarter, CSO figures showWed Apr 10 2024 - 13:38
Dairygold reports declines in revenue and profit, citing weak demandCork-based dairy processor says retaining Ireland’s derogation from the EU’s nitrates directive ‘absolutely critical’ for farmer and processor viabilityWed Apr 10 2024 - 12:24
Output from multinational-dominated ‘modern sector’ of economy drops 21%CSO figures production in manufacturing industries fell on an annualised basis in the three months from December to FebruaryTue Apr 09 2024 - 16:00
Investment in Irish commercial real estate slumps to post-crash lowReport by Sherry FitzGerald highlights dramatic fall-off in investment on back of higher interest interestsTue Apr 09 2024 - 05:52
Harris’s 250,000-home pledge would need 375 new GPs and 1,250 hospital beds, ESRI saysESRI develops tool for planners to ensure that new housing is matched with sufficient healthcare servicesTue Apr 09 2024 - 00:06
European stocks rise while oil prices slip after recent highsLondon’s FTSE 100 recovered some, but not all, of its losses from FridayMon Apr 08 2024 - 18:10
Number on Live Register falls despite pick-up in headline unemploymentCSO said the number in receipt of benefits fell to 174,500 on a seasonally-adjusted basis in MarchMon Apr 08 2024 - 12:12
North’s ailing economy explains the high cost of unificationRegardless of the terms of disengagement by UK in any unification, there is no magic economic pill to bring NI up to standards down SouthSun Apr 07 2024 - 11:00
Europe’s Stoxx 600 at two-week low in broader market declineUtilities, retail and telecommunications were the worst-hit sectors, down between 1.6 per cent and 2.2 per centFri Apr 05 2024 - 18:55
Donohoe warns departments as Government spending jumps 15% in first quarter Government spending totals €22.8bn for first three months of the year, which was €2.9bn or 14.9 per cent above the same period in 2023Fri Apr 05 2024 - 05:38
Corporate tax over-performance ‘coming to an end’ as receipts fall, McGrath warnsLatest exchequer returns show the Government collected €20.1 billion in tax revenue up to the end of MarchThu Apr 04 2024 - 16:32
Some €100bn in excess corporate tax could be saved in new sovereign wealth fund Legislation published to establish two new state funds aimed at future-proofing the State’s financesThu Apr 04 2024 - 14:13
Unemployment rises to 4.3% in MarchLatest data indicate there were 122,100 people classified as unemployed last monthThu Apr 04 2024 - 11:51
Irish workers twice as productive as EU counterparts, CSO figures showEmployees here added on average €97.10 to the value of the economy for every hour they worked in the final quarter of 2023Wed Apr 03 2024 - 12:27
Euro zone inflation falls more than expected, firming path to June interest rate cutEurostat’s latest flash estimate of the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) for the currency bloc as a whole was 2.4% in MarchWed Apr 03 2024 - 10:57
