ECB president Mario Draghi opens door to expanding bond buy-back schemeQuantitative easing will continue until the end of programme ‘or beyond, if necessary”Fri Sept 04 2015 - 01:00
The economy is up. But is it filtering down?Ireland’s economy grows stronger every year. But recoveries happen more slowly than crashes, and cuts take years to reverse. A new series on the reality of life in ‘Europe’s fastest-growing economy’ begins with this special report on unemploymentSat Aug 15 2015 - 01:00
Alphabet plan fails to spell out impact on Irish operationSearch giant claims the restructuring will have no implications for the Irish divisionWed Aug 12 2015 - 01:01
Arthur Beesley: Money never sleeps but some players go on holidaysState saved, the troika banished, confidence restored . . . Yet dividends decidedly modestFri Aug 07 2015 - 01:00
Analysis: Receipts ahead of expectations but spending upWith increased departmental expenditure, the lack of consequent savings is all too clearThu Aug 06 2015 - 01:00
Corporation tax surge strengthens Coalition positionCorporations contribute more than €650m to €900m excess in tax receiptsThu Aug 06 2015 - 01:00
Tax almost €900m above target for first seven monthsPublic finances boosted by surge in corporation tax receiptsWed Aug 05 2015 - 16:36
Quarter of firms cut wages after economic crashIncidence of pay cuts second only to Estonia, Central Bank findsMon Aug 03 2015 - 01:00
Chinese sovereign fund behind bid for AvolonChina Investment Corp is key backer of bid for Dublin-based aircraft leasing bodyMon Aug 03 2015 - 01:00
Minister to recruit new Central Bank governorSecretary general of Department of Public Expenditure is favourite to win raceSat Aug 01 2015 - 01:00
Return of boom time greatly exaggerated but future promisingDomestic expenditure accelerating which indicates solid sense of economic confidenceSat Aug 01 2015 - 01:00
Arthur Beesley: Figures show roots of recovery go back yearsRecovery is deepening and the progress improves Ireland’s fiscal dynamics, says CSOFri Jul 31 2015 - 10:51
Economic data exerts pressure on Noonan to increase spendingRevision of 2014 by CSO reveals value of activity rising to pre-crash levelsFri Jul 31 2015 - 10:11
Economy grows by over 6% as domestic sector improvesExports repeat strong growth with 12.3% rise and industrial activity up 9% year-on-yearFri Jul 31 2015 - 01:00
Analysis: Growth now on track to exceed 5 per cent in 2015Revisions to GDP figures will make fiscal targets more achievableThu Jul 30 2015 - 13:24
Irish economic recovery continues with 6.5% growthNew figures show sharp rise of GDP and GNP in first quarterThu Jul 30 2015 - 11:00
Banking inquiry: ECB withdraws offer of an ‘informal exchange’Vice-president Vítor Constâncio previously agreed to make Oireachtas appearanceThu Jul 30 2015 - 01:00
Analysis: Central Bank frets over fiscal policy ahead of electionAssessment of economic temperature positive with forecast jobless figure to hit 9.7%Thu Jul 30 2015 - 01:00
Central Bank tells Government to pay off debt rather than cut taxesBank says money would be better spent paying down the national debtWed Jul 29 2015 - 11:05
Irish Water: Eurostat ruling represents major political setbackThe Coalition is insisting that the ruling will make little difference to its budgetary plansWed Jul 29 2015 - 01:00
State must boost capital spending by €1bn, says IbecPre-budget submission urges investment to address Ireland’s infrastructural needsMon Jul 27 2015 - 01:00
State fund to enter property market with €500 millionNTMA will manage venture in plan to provide large loans to housing developersSat Jul 25 2015 - 01:00
CSO figures expected to show acceleration in growth in first quarterConstruction investment forecast to overtake business investmentSat Jul 25 2015 - 01:00
Irish access to low debt costs reflects market confidenceThe NTMA tried to differentiate Irish debt from that of other crisis-struck countriesFri Jul 24 2015 - 01:01
Flotation for AIB likely to take place next year, Noonan saysNTMA plans to focus on smoothing out €35bn in repayment ‘chimneys’ of national debt between 2018 and 2020Thu Jul 23 2015 - 13:45
No scope for bigger tax cuts in budget, says NoonanHomeowners assured by Minister for Finance that property tax will be frozen in 2017Thu Jul 23 2015 - 10:58
All sides want more spending but funding remains a riddleAlan Barrett says three-way division between current and capital spending and tax cuts would better meet delegates’ demandsTue Jul 21 2015 - 06:00
Warning that extra spending in conflict with tax cutsConsideration required on level of public services, says economic talks chairmanTue Jul 21 2015 - 01:00
Dublin chamber calls for jobs support for micro-firmsPre-budget submissions says smaller firms should benefit from three-year waiver of employers’ PRSI for each new staff memberMon Jul 20 2015 - 01:02
Valeo to invest €1m in Odlums Portarlington millInvestment part of efforts to build export market for OdlumsMon Jul 20 2015 - 01:02
Michael Noonan to snub request for Nama testimonyStormont wants Minister to compel agency to attend hearingSat Jul 18 2015 - 01:01
Greek bailout negotiations get provisional August 10th deadlineIMF managing director Christine Lagarde reiterated her call for substantial debt reliefFri Jul 17 2015 - 20:05
Arthur Beesley: Greek deal built on two undermining fallaciesLack of appreciable debt cut and investor confidence will hamper bailout’s effectFri Jul 17 2015 - 07:00
Government rejects trade union call to curtail tax cutsWorkers’ groups lobby for increased funds for services at national economic dialogueFri Jul 17 2015 - 01:00
Budget targets queried by commissionGovernment’s plans for expansionary budget implicitly criticised by EU bodyFri Jul 17 2015 - 01:00
Report exposes shambolic way in which INBS was being runThe Central Bank confirms what we suspected about the bank’s managementThu Jul 16 2015 - 01:00
Nationwide ex-management faces large finesCentral Bank launches inquiry into how individuals at INBS contributed to collapseThu Jul 16 2015 - 01:00
CSO revises 15 years of economic data to reflect aircraft leasingLeasing firms established in State account for some 10% of the world’s civilian aircraftWed Jul 15 2015 - 01:00
Dialogue will afford space to talk but little room for manoeuvreExternal groups may have their say at Dublin Castle but the budget die is castTue Jul 14 2015 - 22:46
Fate of Greece leaves markets becalmedTraders mark down assets ahead of vote referendum dominates businessSat Jul 04 2015 - 01:00
John Boehner pledge: Immigration reform top of agendaUS House speaker says he determined is to overcome Republican resistance to reformFri Jul 03 2015 - 20:47
Noonan downplays Greek impact on Irish economyMinister for Finance says uncertainty over Greece will have ‘second-round’ risk to Irish economy onlyFri Jul 03 2015 - 07:40
Arthur Beesley: Strong returns may indicate scope to cut tax and deficitExchequer figures show tax receipts to June came in ahead of €20 billionFri Jul 03 2015 - 01:00
Tax take €800m more than expected in first half of 2015Total returns between January and June exceeded €20bn for first time since 2007Thu Jul 02 2015 - 16:32
Chaotic brinkmanship puts Greece in a dark placeBlackmail or a credible proposals? Tsipras’s words and actions continue to baffle and annoy onlookersThu Jul 02 2015 - 08:16
Euro zone ministers refuse to reopen Greek talksAlexis Tsipras offers big concessions to creditors but backtracks within hoursThu Jul 02 2015 - 00:20
Arthur Beesley: What happens in the event of a Greek default?If not paid in July, the ECB could pull the plug on Greece’s banking systemWed Jul 01 2015 - 01:00
Eurogroup chairman says it’s too late to extend Greece bailoutJeroen Dijsselbloem says country’s stance towards its creditors would have to changeTue Jun 30 2015 - 16:45
Greek crisis: Diplomatic efforts intensify to avert exitFrance trying to get Greece back into negotiations as bailout nears expirationTue Jun 30 2015 - 08:08
Arthur Beesley: market ructions over Greece has ominous echoes of 2008The question is will the Greek crisis damage Ireland?Mon Jun 29 2015 - 16:53
