Caveat: Commercial long Covid is speeding death of customer serviceStandards and staffing were hit in the pandemic but companies must stop using the disruption as an excuseFri Jul 29 2022 - 05:00
Investors bet US contraction might mean fewer interest rate risesIseq in Dublin rises along with most other European marketsThu Jul 28 2022 - 19:55
Sales at Penneys stores in Ireland last year fell 13% due to Covid lockdownsRetailer breaks out its Irish trading results for the first time due to new accounting rulesWed Jul 27 2022 - 19:28
Tourism industry seeks budget incentives for car hire companiesSector's lobby group calls for budget tax relief on vehicle registration to incentivise hire companies to replenish fleetsWed Jul 27 2022 - 18:49
Four Star Pizza plans to deliver 45 new Irish outlets and 900 jobsThe Irish master franchise holder is also considering expanding into Britain next yearTue Jul 26 2022 - 15:53
CSO data shows domestic tourism recovery while foreign and business travel lagged due to OmicronDomestic holidaymakers spent €292 million in the first three months of 2022Tue Jul 26 2022 - 13:59
Markets broadly flat as investors prepare for interest rate hikesInternational sell-off in commodities hits resource stocks on the IseqFri Jul 01 2022 - 19:10
Electric Ireland to increase price of electricity by 11% and gas by 32%Electric Ireland blames war in Ukraine for increase in customers billsFri Jul 01 2022 - 14:50
Corporate watchdog gets ready to bark louderIan Drennan, the director of corporate enforcement, intends to use beefed up Garda resources to chase more criminal wrongdoingFri Jul 01 2022 - 12:30
Sales rise sharply at Glen Dimplex following investment programmeNaughton family-owned business says growth at one of its main units has continued into 2022Fri Jul 01 2022 - 05:45
Corporate insolvencies rise sharply as pandemic supports wear offExperts say the number of companies going bust will rise further as tax bills become due and inflation kicks inFri Jul 01 2022 - 05:00
Tourism is a €9.5bn industry, not just a bit of funThe chaos around travel is emblematic of how the sector is viewed by those in powerFri Jul 01 2022 - 05:00
Fears of global recession and interest rate hikes send shares into freefallHawkish comments from central bankers raise fears growth will be sacrificed to cure inflationWed Jun 29 2022 - 20:08
Irish grocery inflation hits a near 10-year high as annual shopping bills rise €453Quarterly revenues in the sector fell almost 5% and would have fallen further at those volumes only for price inflationMon Jun 27 2022 - 13:33
Lifting caps on banker pay now would be a bicycle kick of a political own goalIt remains in the public interest for the State to keep a grip on institutions that continue to show signs of rotFri Jun 24 2022 - 05:00
European shares drop on poor industry data while US bond yields tumble Plummeting bank shares drag Dublin’s Iseq index into the redThu Jun 23 2022 - 19:14
Michael D Higgins may be a poet but his economics rarely rhymeCaveat: President isn’t wrong when he says housing is a `disaster’ but that doesn’t mean he knows how to fix the problemFri Jun 17 2022 - 05:00
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy addresses Dublin Tech SummitWar-time leader promises to put digital technology at the centre of his country's economic rebuildThu Jun 16 2022 - 19:04
Dublin firmly in the crosshairs as rural politicians slam the city’s hotel industry for ‘price gouging’Industry representatives felt the heat at an Oireachtas committee meetingWed Jun 15 2022 - 18:49
Doctors and dentists included on latest tax defaulters listThe largest settlement was for almost €10m with a Louth fuel supplier now in liquidationTue Jun 14 2022 - 17:28
Irish Hotels Federation rejects accusations of profiteering and warns against ‘media hype’IHF says 17.6 per cent of rooms in the capital are currently not available for sale to the public, making the supply crisis worseTue Jun 14 2022 - 15:28
Markets a sea of red as they enter bear territoryFears of recession due to monetary tightening sparked a widespread selloff on MondayMon Jun 13 2022 - 20:35
EY warns inflation is making it harder to deal with the housing crisisThe firm predicts annual completions should reach 32,000 in 2024 but that is still below Government targets to address the crisisMon Jun 13 2022 - 05:00
State using 8,500 hotel rooms to house refugees Surge in demand for accommodation for refugees from Ukraine and elsewhere is worsening an acute supply shortage for tourists that has led to escalating room ratesMon Jun 13 2022 - 05:00
New gender pay gap rules need greater clarity, says PwCHow to account for maternity pay, sick pay and bonuses among problem areas, according to firmMon Jun 13 2022 - 05:00
War and protectionism are making it harder to do corporate deals, report suggestsTalent, trade and technology the main driving factors behind mergers and acquisitions, says EvershedsMon Jun 13 2022 - 05:00
Hotel room excessive price hikes may cost tourism its 9% VAT rateHoteliers claim room prices are up because refugees are occupying much of their stock. But taxpayers pay them for these and sector is profiteering on remaining supplyFri Jun 10 2022 - 05:00
Glen Dimplex agrees to sell Morphy Richards in deal worth up to €200mElectrical group founded by Martin Naughton will sell the appliances unit to a Chinese companyThu Jun 09 2022 - 05:00
Workers are being urged to show pay restraint but, in all fairness, why should they?Less of the wage-price spiral doom-mongering. Employers can't hold off on pay rises with inflation above 8% and, as the IMF says, they could always accept lower profitsFri Jun 03 2022 - 05:00
UK firm Attestor Capital offers €9.4m for Bleeding Horse pub in DublinLondon investment firm has invested heavily in Dublin pub scene, but co-owner of Bleeding Horse suggests he wants it to pay higher priceThu Jun 02 2022 - 05:00
European shares drop as investors fret over inflation and growthIseq index in Dublin plunges 2.4%Wed Jun 01 2022 - 19:13
Former Fine Gael TD Noel Rock joins Red Flag ConsultingFormer deputy for Dublin North-West sells his Pixel public affairs consultancy to communications group founded by Karl Brophy and chaired by Gavin O’ReillyTue May 31 2022 - 17:39
Government faces industry resistance over ‘latte levy’Customers face 20 cent levy on disposable takeaway coffee cups but some café owners say `keep cups` could be even worse for the environmentFri May 27 2022 - 20:04
Shortages and price hikes affecting Ireland’s tourism sector made worse by our own decisionsLack of hotel rooms, rental cars and staff would not be as bad if policymakers didn’t display such muddled thinking towards industryFri May 27 2022 - 05:00
Liechtenstein regulators approve Declan Ganley’s satellite broadband dealGalway businessman’s Rivada group plans to launch 600 satellites into space for €4bn global networkFri May 27 2022 - 05:00
Stock markets strengthen as worries ease over interest ratesIrish market rises by 1.1% as multinationals have solid sessionThu May 26 2022 - 19:02
Ryanair wins ‘screenscraping’ case against Lastminute in FranceFrench unit of online travel agent Lastminute loses case against RyanairWed May 25 2022 - 13:36
Ryanair’s US ‘screenscraping’ case against Booking.com proceedsAirline is suing travel giant for allegedly reselling its fares at a mark-up without permissionWed May 25 2022 - 05:46
European shares regain footing after torrid time last weekBanks helped to lift Iseq in Dublin by 1.3%Mon May 23 2022 - 20:04
C&C aims to restore Magners’ sparkle in the British marketThe Irish company has emerged from the pandemic with a desire to keep it simpleFri May 20 2022 - 05:33
Center Parcs got €8.6m in State aid as pandemic slashed revenuesLongford holiday village is now trading strongly and finalising plans for €85m expansionWed May 18 2022 - 19:11
C&C eyes growth for ‘sleeping giant’ Magners and distribution platformDrinks group reports 88% bounceback in revenueTue May 17 2022 - 20:44
Markets in positive territory on economic hopes for China and the USIseq in Dublin closes the session up 1.3%Tue May 17 2022 - 19:04
Caveat: Donohoe boxes clever this time round on tourism’s special 9% VAT rateDragging out debate around restoring the higher rate would be a mistake – either leave it as it is or be decisive about the timelineFri May 13 2022 - 05:06
Revenue annual report shows €5,500 gender pay gap in favour of male tax officialsTax authority collected €96.6bn on behalf of State in 2021Wed May 11 2022 - 13:38
Mobile tech firm mAdme eyes recovery after ‘horrendous’ pandemic experienceDenis O’Brien-backed business had €8.4m deficit on its balance sheet at end June 2021Wed May 11 2022 - 05:22
Iseq lags slightly as European markets recover following Monday’s batteringBargain-hunters enter market after sell-off on economic worriesTue May 10 2022 - 18:38
WordPress and Tumblr owner pumps €200m into loss-making Irish unitAutomattic’s Irish unit employs 200 staff who work remotelyTue May 10 2022 - 18:36
Irish beer production slumped in 2021 but recovery under wayIbec report shows drink sector started to recover when pubs reopened last summerTue May 10 2022 - 05:50
