Smart Money

How can we tell if Irish house prices are overvalued?

Irish house prices look to have risen ahead of the economy, though lack of supply could provide some support next year

Ireland’s rental market is broken – and could be heading for even deeper trouble

Rents are high across the board, but the gap between those in existing tenancies and those looking for new ones is growing

Tech sector is seeing clear echoes of bursting of dot.com bubble. Here’s what we can learn from this

Smart Money: The dot.com bubble burst in 2000 as stockmarket valuations and employment got way ahead of themselves. Sound familiar?

Which Irish mortgage borrowers are most exposed as interest rates rise?

Smart Money: Focus has been on those with trackers who have seen immediate increases, but the real risk is people coming off low fixed rates in the next few years

Where have all the workers gone?

The economy is slowing, yet the labour market remains tight in many areas. So is there a jobs slowdown coming?

What if you want to work from home but your employer doesn’t agree?

Many are convinced working nine to five is indeed no way to make a living

How hard will surging energy prices hit your household?

New Central Bank research shows pressures growing on financially precarious households and threat to squeezed middle

The five key rules of the return to the office

Autumn is seeing a return to the workplace - but it is not like before and there are some rows

Time to buckle up for a sharp shock to your mortgage rates

Smart Money: There will be no gradual rise in interest rates — things are happening very quickly

Will the EU’s new plan cut your energy bills?

The UK is planning to cap prices, but EU proposals are heading in another direction

An interest rate shock for borrowers is on the way

The ECB will consider a rate hike of up to 0.75 of a point next week and there will be more to come later this year and into 2023

Cliff Taylor: Will the public accept climate change taxes in a cost-of-living crisis?

Tensions over planned carbon tax hikes show how challenge of pursuing climate change policies during the cost-of-living crisis

Rents are at record highs — so why are private landlords fleeing the market?

A big jump in landlords selling up comes despite record rent levels - yet another sign of a broken market

Is there hard evidence that we are heading for a recession?

Confidence indicators are weak but real economic activity is holding up for now

Gas pressure - why the Government is warning about a difficult winter

What exactly would happen if gas supplies run short or prices rocket further?

How did the Republic become the EU’s second most expensive country?

Over the last decade prices have crept further and further over the EU average – intensifying problems as inflation hits home

There are loads of job vacancies in Ireland, but where are the workers?

Smart Money: Employers are complaining of unprecedented staff shortages. New research gives some clues as to how we got here

Do you get enough in return for the taxes you pay?

Smart Money: A new report from Ictu shines a light on ‘the social wage’

Cliff Taylor: Which mortgage borrowers will be hit first by interest rate hikes hit?

Smart Money: There are some options for those with loans to protect themselves

It’s happening – interest rates are on the way up

Smart Money: Inflation is becoming more entrenched and rate fears are growing

Cliff Taylor: Pension pots take a heavy hit as inflation upends markets

Smart Money: War in Ukraine has added to woes of funds

Interest rates will rise – but how high will they go?

Smart Money: Borrowers are already taking measures in anticipation of higher costs

War and the Irish economy: Prepare for a long economic squeeze

Smart Money: Cumulative impact of Covid and the Ukraine conflict is taking its toll

Soaring cost-of-living will hit some worse than others

Smart Money: while average incomes will rise this year price hikes will outstrip them

Cliff Taylor: Who would benefit from a new 30 per cent tax rate?

Smart Money: It may go the way of previous promises to abolish USC

Cliff Taylor: A ‘perfect storm’ is creating labour shortages across professional services

Smart Money: Firms struggle to find enough accountants and lawyers in booming market

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