Ireland’s top companies paying effective tax rate of 15.5% on profitsIrish Times survey finds country’s top 1,000 companies paid taxes of €2bn in their most recent financial yearFri Sept 27 2013 - 01:06
How much risk should investors take on?Post-boom investors have learned hard lessons about riskTue Sept 24 2013 - 01:00
What will the Government target to raise taxes in next month’s budget?While income tax is unlikely to rise, the Government may target pensions, USC, DIRT and capital gains taxTue Sept 24 2013 - 01:00
Tesco to compete with Apple and Google with new tabletUK retailer makes first move into tablet market with a low-priced own-brand product that it hopes will boost online shopping.Mon Sept 23 2013 - 15:26
Irish bonds erase advance following ratings upgradeYield on Irish 10-year gilts rises again following outperformance this morningMon Sept 23 2013 - 14:59
Drinks industry calls for reverse of excise increaseNew report shows that the alcohol market has fallen by 10 per cent since 2007Mon Sept 23 2013 - 14:07
Investment property auction on the wayOctober event to include hotels in Roscrea and KinnegadMon Sept 23 2013 - 11:27
Almost 200 new jobs announcedFood companies announce the creation of 134 new jobs, with Dublin-based technical support provider set to employ a further 50 peopleMon Sept 23 2013 - 07:25
Are the days of fat fees and hefty commissions coming to an end?Commission-based selling of financial products and advice is now banned in the UK – will Ireland follow suit?Tue Sept 17 2013 - 01:00
Ryanair to boost Stansted traffic by 50%Ten-year agreement with Manchester Airports Group is the result of “lower costs” at the London airportMon Sept 16 2013 - 14:54
New offices in Texas and Istanbul for Enterprise IrelandMove will offer support to Irish companies looking to export into these regionsMon Sept 16 2013 - 11:33
One in two have not yet started a pensionSurvey shows half of those aged between 30-45 have yet to start saving for retirementMon Sept 16 2013 - 10:38
Bulgarian well tie-in for PetrocelticDevelopment will help maintain output in the regionMon Sept 16 2013 - 08:06
Tesco to create 200 new jobs in IrelandGrocery giant to open seven new stores and six mobile phone shops across countryMon Sept 16 2013 - 07:51
Shares jump in Grafton on plans to exit ISEBuilders merchanting and DIY Group set to de-list from the ISE in order to join FTSE UK indexMon Sept 16 2013 - 07:27
Slight increase in numbers allocating funds to pensionsSurvey results indicate desire for Irish auto-enrolment pension schemeTue Sept 10 2013 - 09:58
Success for Circle Oil in EgyptExploration group reports increase in daily production to over 13,500 barrels a dayTue Sept 10 2013 - 08:32
UK house prices on the rise againIndex of UK house prices now at highest since November 2006; Northern Ireland also reports increaseTue Sept 10 2013 - 07:49
Day of reckoning arrives as insolvency service begins workThe insolvency process offers hope for those with both secured debt – such as mortgages – and unsecured debt, including credit cardsTue Sept 10 2013 - 01:00
Registrar says that credit unions will be hit by new insolvency serviceCredit unions’ loan losses will be “amplified” by the new debt settlement arrangementsWed Sept 04 2013 - 01:00
Central Bank looks to phase out 1 and 2 cent coinsBank to start a rounding trial on September 16th in WexfordTue Sept 03 2013 - 13:10
OECD lifts European growth forecastsGermany, France and the UK are poised for an economic revival but the region’s competitiveness needs to improveTue Sept 03 2013 - 12:26
New Aldi distribution centre for CorkFacility in Mitchelstown will employ 160 peopleTue Sept 03 2013 - 09:09
Securitisation could offer a solution for banks’ loss- making trackersIrish banks may be able to offload tracker mortgages with ESM guarantee - Cantor FitzgeraldTue Sept 03 2013 - 07:57
Total Produce reports 18% rise in revenuesImproved trading conditions sees the fresh food distributor revise its full year earnings target upwardsTue Sept 03 2013 - 07:39
How Vodafone shareholders can cash in . . .450,000 Eircom shareholders received shares in the British telecoms giant in 2000Tue Sept 03 2013 - 01:24
Markets rally on back of strong Chinese economic dataVodafone sends UK market higherTue Sept 03 2013 - 01:00
First-time buyers clamber back on the housing ladderIt may be time to buy as prices stabilise in some parts - but beware hidden costs and bureaucracyTue Sept 03 2013 - 01:00
Windfall for 400,000 Irish investors as Vodafone to give back $84bn as 45% stake sold back to VerizonShareholders will get combination of cash and Verizon shares after $130bn dealMon Sept 02 2013 - 20:41
On the move: Back in the market for the most ‘toxic financial asset’ in the worldThu Aug 29 2013 - 00:00
Financial responsibility begins in the home with early budget managementPocket money, saving and explaining the value of work are still central to teaching financial literacy to childrenTue Aug 27 2013 - 01:00
Statistics point to increasing appetite for securitisationThe value of Irish resident securitisation vehicles fell again in Q2 but the number is on the riseMon Aug 26 2013 - 13:48
Cadbury’s Dairy Milk pushes Tayto crisps out of top five best-selling brandsCoca-Cola has yet again topped the rankings as the biggest selling brand in Irish groceryMon Aug 26 2013 - 10:44
New fund targets female entrepreneursEnterprise Ireland has €250,000 fund to invest in business start-ups led by female entrepreneursMon Aug 26 2013 - 10:31
Are you ready for the future of finance?Reluctance of businesses to engage with new regime attributed to fear of changeFri Aug 23 2013 - 00:00
Independent News & Media cuts debt burden by €148m after sale of South African assetsMedia group says sale completes first stage in its financial restructuringThu Aug 22 2013 - 01:00
Moloney prepares for pastures new after GlanbiaCantillon: outgoing managing director’s legacy will be that he completely changed the direction of the businessThu Aug 22 2013 - 01:00
Markets nervous ahead of release of US Federal Reserve minutesDublin is largely flat but outperforms its European peersThu Aug 22 2013 - 01:00
Law shaming financial bodies to lack detail of UK systemIrish Insurance Federation concerned move could mean members subject to ‘periodic trial by media’Wed Aug 21 2013 - 01:08
Lack of housing supply key to price in DublinUp to 400 turn up for launch of schemeWed Aug 21 2013 - 01:01
Complaints to ombudsman about finance bodies up 27%Banks performed worse than insurance or investment sectors with 10% more claimsWed Aug 21 2013 - 01:00
Arrival of September traditionally heralds fall in stock marketGerman elections mean next month won’t be an exception to pattern that can be traced back to 1896Mon Aug 19 2013 - 16:02
Statoil sells stake in North Sea oil fields for $2.65 billionCentral European company OMV takes stake to secure stable outputMon Aug 19 2013 - 14:11
Aer Lingus Regional launches new regional route to NewcastleNew route will fly up to 65,000 passengers a year on 26 weekly flightsMon Aug 19 2013 - 12:25
Fastnet targets Irish offshore drilling programme for 2015First set of annual results as a public companyMon Aug 19 2013 - 07:58
Kingspan outperforms expectations with robust set of resultsRevenues jump by 13 per cent in first half of the yearMon Aug 19 2013 - 07:36