Insurance policy updates more likely to protect insurers than consumers, say brokers
Consumers advised not to rush through policy updates when home renewals arise after Zurich row
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You can ‘bank’ on hybrid working continuing to be contentious
Bank of Ireland opening four new hybrid hubs even as talks continue at WRC over return to office mandate
Ireland forecast to be fastest growing economy in 2025
IMF predicts economy will expand by an eye-popping 9.1 per cent this year
Mick Bailey’s Bovale one of the last developers to leave Nama after Sretaw deal
Agency once had 5,000 borrowers and loans with a €32 billion discounted value
Trump team views trade through the looking glass
Outburst by treasury secretary Scott Bessent against latest Chinese moves show chronic lack of self awareness
Nobel institutes annoint work on innovation and growth
Factors that fuel sustained bursts of economic expansion not as obvious as one might think
Can Donegal Investment Group get some action as a special purpose acquisition company?
It is to become cash shell company and be obliged to complete an acquisition within 12 months
Trump’s bully boy tactics bringing Big Pharma to heel
Determination to cut prices for medicines in US may yet pile pressure on creaking European health budgets
Fingerprint and eye scanning are coming to an office near you
JP Morgan staff will need use biometric data to enter its New York HQ and others are likely to follow
Micheál Martin bemoans planning issues to Stripe’s John Collison
If only the Taoiseach had the power to enact legislation to change the planning system
‘Argument’ over hospitality VAT rate cut continues to rumble
Sector pushes for lower rate to be bought in before scheduled start date of July next year
Inheritance tax row misses the point
Failure to allow beneficiaries of inheritance from childless people access to €400,000 tax relief is not discriminatory
ICG buybacks help lift Rothwell’s stake by 35% in a decade
Chief executive of 33 years now owns just over 20% of parent of Irish Ferries
Ministers’ ‘reform’ tag looking a little bedraggled
Promising reform of public finances is one thing, but there has been little evidence of it from either recent officeholder
O’Callaghan not inclined to allow third parties to fund legal actions
Minister for Justice considers third-party funding as ‘enriching lawyers’
Minister in the dark on who wins from cut in VAT
Paschal Donohoe admits no research has been done on whether hospitality passed benefit to customers last time around, but Ifac casts doubt on it
China looks to National Day holiday to boost consumer spending
Beijing appears more focused on boosting growth than caution – for now
Some 17 years after crash, accountancy body inquiry into Anglo Irish Bank’s auditor still outstanding
An external report found that there was a prima facie case that EY was liable to disciplinary action in connection with certain aspects of its Anglo audits
Political paralysis gumming up social housing pipeline
Relationships between AHBs and developers ‘shot to ribbons’ by State funding decisions, conference hears
Ireland’s high-price culture and the slow transition to home-grown renewables
Gas Networks Ireland’s latest energy mix data show coal fully exited the State’s energy base in August
Glenveagh looks to 2028 for Dublin office market recovery
Home builder CEO suggests it will be 2028 before group sells The Freight Building
Burke and Murphy’s clash part of long-running saga
Conflict centres on sub-minimum wage rates paid to under 18s
Brown Thomas hits targets with paper bag charge
Retailer receives little blowback from disgruntled customers over 60c fee
Politics at the centre of mooted deal to create Europe’s third biggest bank
Merger of Spain’s BBVA and Sabadell faces opposition from government
How Aer Lingus made its way onto pages of New York Times for the wrong reasons
Customer, wrongly denied boarding on flight to Dublin, was then ignored for almost three months, reports New York Times
Sinn Féin rails against Minister over housing figures
Party refutes Browne’s claim that State is delivering 50 per cent of all new homes
H-1B visa levy could be Ireland’s opportunity
Scheme is generally seen as vital for high tech companies, particularly in Silicon Valley
Data protection authorities need to move on online privacy issue
Easily accessible data can even pinpoint home addresses of smartphone owners
Dublin-based Brera football investment group soars as it pivots to crypto
But firm is joining crowded field of treasury companies focused on digital currencies
Are you overpaying for mortgage protection? It’s worth finding out
Many first-time buyers are paying more than they should, research by Bonkers.ie suggests
Big Pharma’s pullback from the UK could have serious side-effects for Ireland
Negotiations on new medicines pricing agreement comes as drug companies are under pressure to relocate investment back to US
A deal between Trump and Xi would be in both their interests
Prolonged trade war would damage both economies
DAA’s board has got itself in a right twist
If Jacobs is not the right man for the job now, it is likely he never was so why was he appointed in the first place
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