Inflation hits 31-year high of 7.2% across OECD countriesFigures compiled before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which will further squeeze pricesThu Mar 03 2022 - 11:41
Tax system ‘unfairly stacked’ against family businessesFamily Business Network urges revamp in submission to Commission on TaxationThu Mar 03 2022 - 05:00
Government records surprise budget surplus of nearly €1bn in FebruaryExchequer numbers boosted by strong income tax and VAT receiptsWed Mar 02 2022 - 19:35
Construction output rises but remains below pre-pandemic levelsCSO’s latest construction barometer shows 6.2% rise in activity at end of 2021Wed Mar 02 2022 - 12:05
Unemployment falls to 7% as restrictions ease and activity resumesCSO data suggests as many 180,745 were unemployed or in receipt of PUP last monthWed Mar 02 2022 - 11:37
Lifting of restrictions triggers strong resumption in commercial property activityCBRE highlights healthy pick-up in activity in first two months of yearTue Mar 01 2022 - 15:47
Wage growth in Irish economy recorded at 2% last yearCSO says headline growth number may be skewed by compositional factors relating to Covid-19Tue Mar 01 2022 - 12:25
Retail sales fall in January as restrictions dampen activityCSO data indicate 1.5% decline in retail volumes on the previous monthMon Feb 28 2022 - 21:57
Putin’s threat to weaponise energy neutralises West’s responseSanctions on banks and oligarchs are paltry response to Russia’s belligerenceSun Feb 27 2022 - 12:41
Ukraine invasion sends European stocks sliding to nine-month lowsBanks suffer worst session since March 2020Thu Feb 24 2022 - 18:10
Rural and lower-income households hit harder by inflationCentral Bank study examines how inflation levels differ across householdsWed Feb 23 2022 - 12:36
Ukraine crisis poses threat to Ireland’s €4.5bn trade with RussiaIbec warns biggest impact could come indirectly through higher commodity pricesWed Feb 23 2022 - 01:00
Pandemic spending drove national debt to €237bn in 2021Figure equates to indebtedness of over €47,000 for every individual in StateMon Feb 21 2022 - 19:33
Central Bank sticks to differential pricing timetableRegulator says practice of differential pricing within insurance industry was unacceptableMon Feb 21 2022 - 18:33
Sinn Féin would pursue ‘radical’ alternative housing policy, says DohertyParty would double capital investment and reform planning do deliver affordable homesMon Feb 21 2022 - 14:55
How did housing become one of the most divisive issues on the planet?From Europe to the US and Asia, young people are priced out and feeling left behindSun Feb 20 2022 - 12:22
Inflation eases back to 5% but further price pressure expected in coming monthsReprieve looked on as temporary as energy costs continue to riseThu Feb 17 2022 - 15:46
Employment numbers top 2.5m for the first timeLargest increase was in accommodation and food services which jumped by 29.8%Thu Feb 17 2022 - 11:19
€500,000 price tag for ‘average’ Dublin propertyProperty price inflation surges to pandemic high of 14.4% amid supply squeezeWed Feb 16 2022 - 11:28
Majority of Irish savers unsure of terms ESG and ‘responsible investing’ – surveyResearch by Amundi finds strong appetite among savers to invest in greener productsWed Feb 16 2022 - 06:00
Irish exports surge to a record €165bn in 2021While exports to Britain were up, Brexit hurts imports from UK to tune of €2.4bnTue Feb 15 2022 - 20:40
KBC Bank Ireland accused of showing ‘complete contempt’ for staffLender strongly refutes accusation, claims it has offered staff generous redundancy termsTue Feb 15 2022 - 13:30
KPMG urges overhaul of Irish personal tax system to attract investmentKPMG calls for more competitive tax system and more spending on housing and climateTue Feb 15 2022 - 05:21
County councils held close to €300m in development bonds in 2020Construction firms must place money on deposit with councils before carrying out workTue Feb 15 2022 - 05:16
Online sales with Irish businesses account for 6.5% of transactionsCSO data doesn’t capture online sales with overseas businessesMon Feb 14 2022 - 12:00
Why energy costs could remain high for up to five yearsIt is possible households will stay in the grip of a cost-of-living squeeze even if headline inflation moderatesMon Feb 14 2022 - 05:32
European shares end lower but mark first positive week this yearTravel and leisure best weekly performers, up 7.4 per centFri Feb 11 2022 - 19:17
The great price squeeze: when will it end?The pandemic has been overtaken by a cost-of-living crisis that shows no sign of abatingFri Feb 11 2022 - 05:30
British-Irish chamber calls for new body to simplify tax codeBusiness advocacy group claims recent elements of law are confusing entrepreneursFri Feb 11 2022 - 05:03
Unemployment in OECD drops to 5.4% as recovery takes holdJobless numbers across industrialised bloc declines for the eighth consecutive monthTue Feb 08 2022 - 12:01
Uncertainty clouds economic outlook for 2022Inflation could become endemic if wage demands become entrenchedSun Feb 06 2022 - 12:08
Cabinet to look at measures to offset soaring cost of livingDesire to help people beyond €100 support for utility bills already announcedThu Feb 03 2022 - 04:00
Christmas spending splurge fattens Government’s January VAT receiptsState collects €6.7bn in tax, putting public finances on stable footing at start of yearWed Feb 02 2022 - 16:34
Unemployment rises to 7.8% in January as restrictions biteAs many as 202,000 people were either unemployed or on PUP last month, CSO saysWed Feb 02 2022 - 11:28
Card spending hits record €8.4bn in run-up to ChristmasStrong growth in Irish economy is being fuelled by a pick-up in consumer spendingMon Jan 31 2022 - 13:42
Sentiment lifts post-Omicron as workers gear up for pay hikesBank of Ireland’s latest Economic Pulse detects more upbeat moodMon Jan 31 2022 - 07:36
Social housing stock rises by less than 10,000 in four yearsDublin local authorities added 659 homes a year on average, but Dún Laoghaire saw stock fallMon Jan 31 2022 - 07:35
Playing politics with broadband saddles taxpayer with €2.6bn liabilityProject costing €5.5bn mired in delay ... and no public ownership of the end productSun Jan 30 2022 - 13:55
Retail sales fall in December as Omicron spoils Christmas for retailersCSO data shows volume of sales fell 3.2% as consumers spent less in bars and on goodsFri Jan 28 2022 - 12:10
Rollout of National Broadband Plan falls further behind scheduleCompany behind project admits it will not make target to pass 60,000 homesThu Jan 27 2022 - 15:02
Government spent close to €900m on rent subsidies in 2021HAP scheme payments rose to €542m – a more than 80% rise since 2018, figures showThu Jan 27 2022 - 13:10
Covid restrictions push down new housing outputCSO figures show 20,433 homes were completed last year, down 0.5%Thu Jan 27 2022 - 11:51
Irish consumer sentiment lifts with easing of pandemic fearsLatest KBC Bank Ireland index points to rising optimism among consumersThu Jan 27 2022 - 05:40
Loss of 12.5% tax rate won’t have ‘significant impact’ – IDA chiefWelcome certainty of corporate deal will offset rate increase, says Martin ShanahanWed Jan 26 2022 - 11:26
Pandemic frees up more women to participate in workforceCountries with higher levels of female empowerment tend to be more productiveWed Jan 26 2022 - 05:05
Irish economy set to generate 167,000 jobs over next two yearsCentral Bank reports strong rebound in economy but warns on inflationary pressureWed Jan 26 2022 - 00:15
IMF warns elevated inflation will persist longer than expectedFund cuts growth forecast for global economy on back on renewed Covid outbreaksTue Jan 25 2022 - 16:55
Housing starts now back at Celtic Tiger levelsSherry FitzGerald anticipates sizeable rise in construction outputTue Jan 25 2022 - 05:13
Makhlouf insists inflation to moderate later in yearCentral Bank governor describes recent surge in energy prices as ‘spectacular’Mon Jan 24 2022 - 13:13
It won’t take long before the ‘rip-off Ireland’ mantra begins againThe cost-of-living squeeze is likely to raise the political temperatureSun Jan 23 2022 - 17:05