News Climate body recommends rise in grants to buy EVs The Climate Change Advisory Council (CCAC) is recommending that the Government provides an additional €10,000…splashJune 18, 2025
News Transatlantic airfares slump as Europeans skip US travel Airfares from Europe to the United States have dropped to rates not seen since before…splashJune 18, 2025
News Amazon’s corporate workforce may shrink as AI takes over routine tasks Rollout of generative AI and agents will reduce Amazon’s total corporate workforce in the next…splashJune 18, 2025
News Household saving rate slows to 14% in first quarter New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that households saved 14% of their income…splashJune 17, 2025
News Minimum standard of living costs rise by almost 20% since 2020 – SVP Essential minimum living costs increased by 1.8% in the past year with a cumulative increase…splashJune 17, 2025
News State sells final AIB shares 15 years after banking crisis The State has sold its remaining shares in AIB, Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe said…splashJune 17, 2025
News 29% of adults in Ireland couldn’t go a full hour without internet – survey A new survey reveals that 29% of adults in Ireland said they could not last…splashJune 16, 2025
News ECB should neither signal pause nor rate cut, Nagel says Euro zone inflation is now on target and no sustained undershooting is likely but the…splashJune 16, 2025
News Did Ireland’s ‘bad bank’ NAMA work? At the height of the financial crisis in 2009 Ireland set up the National Asset…splashJune 16, 2025
News Fall in number of homes approved for planning permission The number of homes approved for planning permission fell by 2.5% in the first three…splashJune 13, 2025
News Annual inflation slows to 1.7% in May – CSO New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that the annual rate of inflation slowed…splashJune 13, 2025
News Ireland, Switzerland added to US Treasury monitoring list No major US trading partner manipulated its currency in 2024, the Treasury Department said in…splashJune 13, 2025
News NAMA to return €300m more than expected to Exchequer NAMA, the State body responsible for handling property loans from the financial crisis, plans to…splashJune 12, 2025
News Central Bank warns of impact of US tariffs on Irish economy The Central Bank has warned about the effects of global uncertainty caused by US tariffs…splashJune 12, 2025
News Wind farms provided 33% of Ireland’s electricity so far this year Irish wind farms have produced 33% of the country’s electricity since the start of the…splashJune 12, 2025
News World Bank slashes global growth forecast as trade tensions bite The World Bank has slashed its global growth forecast for 2025 by 0.4 percentage point…splashJune 11, 2025
News Significant drop in people buying health insurance – HIA There has been a significant drop-off in the number of people buying health insurance, according…splashJune 11, 2025
News Data centre electricity usage increased by 10% from 2023 to 2024 – CSO The amount of electricity used by data centres increased by 10% between 2023 and 2024,…splashJune 11, 2025
News €40m paid in Residential Zoned Land Tax, according to Revenue Revenue has announced that approximately 1,800 Residential Zoned Land Tax returns have been filed to…splashJune 10, 2025
News Live register fell in May by 2.8% The seasonally adjusted Live Register total for May 2025 was 165,700 people, down by 4,700…splashJune 10, 2025
News ‘Poor budgeting’ – Government spending rising faster than expected, warns IFAC The State’s independent financial watchdog has warned that Government spending was rising much faster than…splashJune 10, 2025
News Bank of Ireland warning of spike in ‘safe account’ scam Bank of Ireland has issued a warning over what it calls a dramatic increase in…splashJune 9, 2025
News Rent caps for new tenancies to be eased under Govt plan Rent caps for new tenancies are to be eased as part of a plan expected…splashJune 9, 2025
News Rents for new builds to be tied to inflation under plans set to go to Cabinet Rents for newly-built properties will no longer be capped at 2% annually but will instead…splashJune 9, 2025
News Tax take to end of May up 3.6% on same time last year Taxes collected by the State rose by 3.6% in the first five months of the…splashJune 6, 2025
News Economic growth rises by 9.7% in first quarter of 2025 Economic growth, including the contribution from multinationals or Gross Domestic Product, soared by 9.7% in…splashJune 6, 2025
News ECB cuts interest rates for eighth time in a year The ECB has cut interest rates for the eighth time in a year by one-quarter…splashJune 6, 2025
News ECB gives Bulgaria green light to adopt euro next year Bulgaria has met all criteria to adopt the euro currency from 1 January 2026, the…splashJune 5, 2025
News European Central Bank expected to cut interest rates again The European Central Bank is widely expected to cut interest rates by a quarter of…splashJune 5, 2025
News Growth of activity picks up but outlook remains subdued The pace of growth in the country’s services sector picked up in May, according to…splashJune 5, 2025