The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) has forecast that the economy will grow by 6.7% this year and close to 5% next year, with employment breaking through the two-million
Business group Ibec has improved its GDP forecast for the Irish economy this year, and now expects it to grow by 7.1%, after last week it indicated that annual growth was
The Irish economy is expected to grow by almost 6% this year, according to a new forecast. The EY Economic Eye forecast for winter shows that Ireland’s economy is on
OPEC appeared unlikely to cut oil production to lift languishing prices at a meeting in Vienna on Friday, potentially worsening one of the worst crude gluts in history. Despite oil
Irish shoppers are expected to spend €100 million (or €4 million an hour) on Black Friday, but only 35% of Irish SMEs with a website can process payments online and
Recruitment company CPL Resources announced the creation of 200 skilled, operational roles across the Group’s extensive branch network in the next two years. These roles will include high value senior
Swiss bank, Credit Suisse, is on course to become the first international bank to set up a major trading floor in Dublin. The Swiss bank wants to move 40 traders and
Today Fiona Hyslop, the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Europe and External Affairs announced the appointment of John Webster to the new Scottish innovation and investment hub in Dublin. Mr Webster, who
Bank of Ireland said it approved €3.6bn of new credit for Irish business in the nine months to the end of September. This result has increased by 13 percent compared
Sales at Kildare Village are at a record high as they increased by 17.7 percent in the year to date ahead of a new phase of extensions that will see
The Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) is to make lending of €50m available to small and medium-sized businesses looking to buy equipment, machinery and vehicles. The money will be
HBAN, a joint initiative of InterTradeIreland and Enterprise Ireland responsible for the all-island promotion of business angel investment, today announces that it has breached the landmark of €50 million invested
Aircraft leasing is a multi-billion euro industry yet it paid €23m in Irish corporation tax last year. Ireland is home to nine of the 10 largest leasing firms. The top
Philip Lane, an economics professor at Trinity College Dublin, has been named as the new Governor of the Central Bank. He replaces Professor Patrick Honohan, who announced in May that
In a note circulated this morning Conall MacCoille said the just-published White Paper on Estimates of Receipts and Expenditure showed that spending will finish 2015 €1.5bn higher than expected due
The forecast, carried out by DKM Economic Consultants, based its estimate on projections from both Irish and international bodies such as the IMF, the EU and the OECD. It found
Ireland’s economic recovery accelerated in the first-half, expanding from the export sector to the domestic economy, prompting the Central Bank to revise its GDP forecast for 2015 up to 5.8
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