News Manufacturing activity improves, production volumes rise Business condition in the manufacturing sector improved in February, the latest AIB Purchasing Managers Index…splashMarch 1, 2024
News Ireland ahead of US, Germany and France for remote working opportunities More than 15% of job postings in Ireland offer remote or hybrid work opportunities, ranking…splashMarch 1, 2024
News ECB waiting for data before starting to cut interest rates Inflation in the euro zone is expected to fall further but the European Central Bank…splashFebruary 29, 2024
News Central Bank warns of risks coming from payment and e-money sector The Governor of the Central Bank has warned of the heightened risk level associated with…splashFebruary 29, 2024
News CEOs in Ireland more optimistic than in previous two years, research shows CEOs in Ireland are more optimistic than in the previous two years as businesses adjust…splashFebruary 29, 2024
News Internet watchdog ‘not an online censor’, committee to hear The Digital Services Commissioner at media regulator Coimisiún na Meán will tell an Oireachtas committee…splashFebruary 28, 2024
News Access to Cash Bill may damage competition in banking sector, BPFI warns The organisation representing the banking sector has warned that certain provisions contained in draft legislation…splashFebruary 28, 2024
News Weekly earnings rose at half the rate of inflation in fourth quarter New preliminary estimates from the Central Statistics Office show that average weekly earnings stood at…splashFebruary 28, 2024
News A third of workers have no cover outside of State pension 68% of workers aged between 20 and 69 have some form of pension cover outside…splashFebruary 27, 2024
News ESRI estimates strong MDD growth of 3.7% in December A new estimate suggests that the domestic economy here grew reasonably strongly in December, despite…splashFebruary 27, 2024
News Commercial vacancy rate at highest in a decade The commercial property vacancy rate nationally has increased to its highest level since GeoDirectory started…splashFebruary 27, 2024
News Thousands facing mortgage bill hike as fixed terms end While tracker and variable mortgage customers have borne the brunt of the European Central Bank’s…splashFebruary 26, 2024
News Consumer sentiment dips in February after January bounce Consumer sentiment fell again in February, undoing some of the gains it made a month…splashFebruary 26, 2024
News WTO meets with calls for consensus amid geopolitical tensions The World Trade Organization today opened a high-level ministerial meeting in Abu Dhabi with calls…splashFebruary 26, 2024
News Vast majority of Irish tech start-ups embracing AI – survey The vast majority of Irish tech start-up and scaling companies are deploying or preparing to…splashFebruary 22, 2024
News Ireland’s national debt stands at €42,000 per capita Ireland’s national debt continued to fall last year but remains one of the highest in…splashFebruary 22, 2024
News Location for EU Anti-Money Laundering Agency to be decided The competition to select a city to host the new EU Anti-Money Laundering Agency (AMLA)…splashFebruary 22, 2024
News Credit Unions report mortgage lending up 15% Mortgage lending at credit unions was up 15% in the last three months of the…splashFebruary 21, 2024
News Big jump in cyber-attacks using stolen identities – IBM There has been a 71% global spike in cyber-attacks involving stolen identities according to IBM.…splashFebruary 21, 2024
News Lower income households disproportionately hit by effects of indirect taxes Lower income households are disproportionately hit by the effects of indirect taxes like VAT and…splashFebruary 21, 2024
News Faulty goods, services cost nearly €1bn last year – CCPC The cost to consumers in Ireland to deal with faulty goods and services last year…splashFebruary 19, 2024
News New online safety rules come into force across EU The European Union’s new online safety rules come into full force today in Ireland and…splashFebruary 19, 2024
News Increase in SMEs’ interest in green supports – survey A new report shows the level of small and medium-sized businesses who are interested in…splashFebruary 19, 2024
News European Commission cuts Irish growth forecasts to 1.2% from 3% The European Commission has today revised down its expectations for the performance of the Irish…splashFebruary 16, 2024
News Ireland to assume new EU online safety powers from tomorrow Ireland’s media regulator Coimisiún na Meán has said it is ready to assume new EU…splashFebruary 16, 2024
News Inflation slows to 4.1% in January from 4.6% in December – CSO The annual rate of inflation fell to 4.1% in the 12 months to January from…splashFebruary 16, 2024
News Germany overtakes Japan as world’s third-biggest economy Once forecast to become the world’s biggest economy, Japan slipped below Germany last year to…splashFebruary 15, 2024
News Euro zone Q4 GDP confirmed flat on a quarterly basis Euro zone economic growth was flat in the last three months of the 2023 against…splashFebruary 15, 2024
News ECB needs more data but inflation going in right direction – Lagarde Euro zone economic data indicates that inflation is heading back towards target as earlier predicted…splashFebruary 15, 2024
News Government approves public sector pay deal The Government has given formal approval to the public sector pay deal agreed last month.…splashFebruary 14, 2024