Top telcos failing to comply with net neutrality rules – ComregRegulator hits Virgin, Three, Vodafone, Digiweb, Imagine with non-compliance noticesThu Dec 19 2019 - 16:13
Households have cut their debt by a third since crashCentral Bank figures put household debt at €135.3bn in second quarter of 2019Wed Dec 18 2019 - 15:34
Planning permissions for apartments up 80% after guideline changesNew figures show big annual jump in apartment schemesWed Dec 18 2019 - 12:30
Calls for action as insurance industry's profits soarMotor insurance rose 42% in last decade but claims fell 2.5%, Central Bank findsTue Dec 17 2019 - 02:05
Motor insurance premiums up 42% even though claims fall, Central Bank report findsReport also suggests sector generated a profit of 9% last yearMon Dec 16 2019 - 13:53
Does Ireland’s roaring economy have a soft centre?We are now in solid recovery mode, but consumers and businesses are looking over their shoulders at the possibility that things can go wrongFri Dec 13 2019 - 05:25
ESRI warns of €26bn hit to economy from corporation tax reversalThink tank says up to €6 billion of corporation tax receipts may be temporaryThu Dec 12 2019 - 00:01
Irish economy in line for Brexit bounce if Johnson gets majorityThink tank predicts modest lift if Brexit issue is resolved in short termThu Dec 12 2019 - 00:01
Raising minimum wage in 2018 had only ‘short-lived’ impactESRI study suggests wage hike did not reduced hours worked by low-paid workersTue Dec 10 2019 - 00:15
Rondo Food to close Co Wicklow plant with loss of 135 jobsPet food maker plans to move facility to Germany early next yearMon Dec 09 2019 - 16:38
Ryanair again ranked among Europe’s worst pollutersAirline included in top 10 of continent’s biggest carbon emittersMon Dec 09 2019 - 14:04
Ireland is EU’s largest importer of aircraftFigures show 53% of bloc’s aircraft imports last year went to IrelandMon Dec 09 2019 - 12:04
Priced-out home-buyers ‘drifting’ to Dublin’s commuter beltBanking lobby group highlights increased sales in Louth, Meath, Kildare and WicklowThu Dec 05 2019 - 07:30
International school in Bray plans to quadruple student numbersSchool charging annual tuition fees from €15,000 a year announces €3m investment programmeThu Dec 05 2019 - 02:35
Warning comes on using ‘windfall taxes’ for day-to-day spendingOireachtas budgetary watchdog quizzes members of Irish Fiscal Advisory CouncilWed Dec 04 2019 - 17:42
Global corporations leave ‘greenwashing’ governments in their wakeBusinesses taking lead in climate emergency as warnings get more shrillWed Dec 04 2019 - 05:30
Government nets record €3.1bn in corporation tax in NovemberDepartment says windfall driven by number of big payments from multinationalsTue Dec 03 2019 - 18:32
Number of people unemployed forecast to fall below 100,000 next yearPrediction comes in wake of figures showing State’s jobless rate fell to 4.8% last monthTue Dec 03 2019 - 11:43
Lidl initiative aims to cut food waste at Irish stores by 700,000kgSupermarket chain to offer big price reductions on certain perishable food productsTue Dec 03 2019 - 10:16
Climate change could make parts of the world ‘too hot for humans’Legal & General analyst warns of climate catastrophe unless radical action takenTue Dec 03 2019 - 05:17
Irish consumer sentiment lifts as Brexit crash-out threat declinesKBC Bank Ireland/ESRI consumer sentiment index jumps to 77 points in NovemberTue Dec 03 2019 - 05:11
European shares slide after strong NovemberStoxx 600 posts worst day in two months, Germany, France both down 2 per centMon Dec 02 2019 - 20:05
Used car imports surpass 100,00 for second straight yearConsumers taking advantage of favourable exchange rate to buy used models in UKMon Dec 02 2019 - 12:57
Economy being held back by ‘congestion’ in transport and housing, says IbecEmployers’ group Ibec says capacity constraints are impacting on business decisionsMon Dec 02 2019 - 05:08
Dublin credit union axes members’ benefits in bid to cut costsSt Agnes’ Credit Union in Crumlin says measures will ensure viability of businessSat Nov 30 2019 - 03:15
Former AIB boss David Duffy pay rises 84% to £3.4m as head of Virgin MoneyCEO’s pay more than eight times his AIB salary – despite losses at UK’s Virgin MoneyFri Nov 29 2019 - 12:05
Retail sales decline in October but annual trend remains positiveCSO data shows sales fell by 0.5% in October but were still up 3% in annual termsThu Nov 28 2019 - 17:25
Varadkar says global tax deal that ‘respects’ Irish 12.5% rate is vitalTaoiseach says major change inevitable in system which allows companies book profits in low-tax jurisdictions such as IrelandThu Nov 28 2019 - 14:59
Department defends budgetary strategy against Ifac criticismSpokeswoman says budget plan was franked by European CommissionThu Nov 28 2019 - 13:08
Hospitals driving pattern of overspending in health, Ifac warnsBudgetary watchdog criticises Government for failing to rein in health spendingThu Nov 28 2019 - 01:00
Up to €6bn of corporate tax windfall may be temporary, State toldFiscal watchdog highlights Government’s increasing reliance on business tax receiptsThu Nov 28 2019 - 01:00
UDG Healthcare expecting further growth after strong resultsDublin-based company forecasts further acquisitions in the coming yearTue Nov 26 2019 - 17:50
Greencore pledges 100% sustainable packaging by 2025Pre-packed sandwich giant signs up plastics pact in bid to reduce waste footprintTue Nov 26 2019 - 11:12
Galway ‘most efficient’ Irish city to start business, study findsWorld Bank report assesses how well Irish cities perform against key business indicatorsTue Nov 26 2019 - 10:05
Transatlantic deals send European shares back to four-year peakNovartis gains on $9.7 billion deal to buy heart drug makerMon Nov 25 2019 - 17:59
Average weekly earnings rise by 3.4% in third quarterWage pressure in Irish economy has begun to emerge as labour market tightensMon Nov 25 2019 - 14:24
DCU students awarded €5,000 scholarships by aviation bodyIrish Aviation Authority scholarship programme aims to promote industry hereWed Nov 20 2019 - 16:46
Ireland overdue €1bn storm surge, climate expert warnsStorms to date have not coincided with high tide but 3m storm surge only a matter of timeWed Nov 20 2019 - 15:21
‘Rolls-Royce’ rural broadband to cost €6,000 per householdRollout to 542,000 homes will transform telecoms landscape, but at a high priceWed Nov 20 2019 - 04:33
Location of 300 high-speed internet hubs revealed under broadband planAreas with worst connections to benefit first as €3 billion scheme is rolled outTue Nov 19 2019 - 17:12
Employment passes 2.3m people for first timeNumbers grow by 2.4% in third quarter but employment rate is below pre-crash levelTue Nov 19 2019 - 11:47
Q&A: What is the broadband plan and what happens next?Cost of the scheme has ballooned to nearly €3 billion, six times the original estimateTue Nov 19 2019 - 10:15
Michael Smurfit expected to agree sale of K Club in coming weeksLuxury golf and hotel resort is expected to exchange hands for about €70 millionMon Nov 18 2019 - 17:01
Lidl Ireland commits to paying staff latest living wage increaseGerman supermarket chain says 800 of its 4,300 staff will benefitMon Nov 18 2019 - 11:34
Irish Life launches new ESG fund with Research AffiliatesIrish firm teams up with California-based financial services group Research AffiliatesMon Nov 18 2019 - 11:27
Ireland has an ‘accommodation crisis’, not a housing crisisReport highlights multifaceted shortage in living accomodationMon Nov 18 2019 - 06:17
Change lending rules to help second-time buyers, brokers sayUmbrella group says rules unfairly penalise families who bought during boomMon Nov 18 2019 - 06:00
Vinyl renaissance gives Golden Discs new lease of lifeMusic business opens new store in Dublin’s Jervis Shopping CentreSun Nov 17 2019 - 17:28
Corporation tax receipts up €6bn since 2014Report says 80% of tax collected came from multinationals in pharma, tech and financeFri Nov 15 2019 - 18:13
Dublin workers earn 15% more than those in other counties, CSO study findsAgency’s earnings data also reveal big sectoral differences in wagesFri Nov 15 2019 - 14:50
