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Wicklow County Council has told Seán FitzPatrick and his wife that their plan ‘has the potential to result in new and significant overlooking of adjoining properties’. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

Seán FitzPatrick’s new Greystones home plan runs into privacy issues

Economy
Gordon Deegan
January 17, 2020, 17:13

Council seeks further information and warns of consequences if concerns are not addressed

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe with children from the local Chinese community at the launch of Chinese New Year celebrations at the Hill Street Family Resource Centre in central Dublin. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Irish people like nothing more than being bribed with their own money

Economy
Mark Paul
January 17, 2020, 12:52

Short memories about cost of past excess mean we are doomed to repeat mistakes

An Tánaiste, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Simon Coveney, pictured at the launch of the Italian Irish Chamber of Commerce in Dublin with Furio Pietribiasi, MD Mediolanum Asset Management

Coveney launches inaugural Italian Irish Chamber of Commerce

Economy
Eoin Burke-Kennedy
January 17, 2020, 11:43

Newly established trade body reflects near €14 billion in bilateral trade between two countries

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar during a TV interview on the closing day of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in January 2019. Photograph: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Ministers ditch Davos for electorate’s doorsteps

Economy
Joe Brennan
January 17, 2020, 11:19

Varadkar and Donohoe won’t be joining global elite as the Government focuses on campaigning

Annual growth in retail sales volumes dropped to 0.9 per cent

UK consumers cut back on spending again, adding to economic gloom

Economy
January 17, 2020, 10:49

In the fourth quarter, volumes fell by 1%, their worst performance since early 2017

People walking past a screen showing images of Chinese president Xi Jinping in Kashgar, China.

China’s economy slows to weakest pace in three decades

Economy
January 17, 2020, 06:57

US trade deal combined with recovering global demand has improved the outlook

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe have pulled out of joining the global elite at the World Economic Forum in Davos next week

Ministers ditch Davos, the politics of business and the electorate’s short memory

Economy
Michael McAleer
January 17, 2020, 06:41

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‘Foreign investors would prefer to travel an hour by motorway from Dublin airport, rather than spending non-productive time in Dublin traffic,’ says former PayPal vice-president Louise Phelan. Photograph Nick Bradshaw

Business leaders see better public services as key election issue

Economy
Eoin Burke-Kennedy
January 17, 2020, 05:51

Quality of life now key to attracting and retaining staff, company bosses say

French skyscraper climber Alain Robert, popularly known as the “French Spiderman”. Photograph: Thomas Samson / AFP/ Getty Images)

French Spiderman, Zuckerberg’s 2030 focus and Larry Fink’s climate move

Economy
Laura Slattery
January 17, 2020, 05:21

Planet Business: The time for reallocating capital is now

In 2013, the UK government introduced a carbon price floor, resulting in the closure of all coal-fired generation plants in mainland Britain. Photograph: John Giles/PA Wire

Climate apathy in Northern Ireland could impact on the Republic

Economy
John FitzGerald
January 17, 2020, 05:20

John FitzGerald: Co-ordinated North-South action is needed to tackle the issue effectively

One bright spot on economic horizon concerns the NI public sector where return of the Stormont Executive will ‘help address the logjam in decision making’. File photograph: Getty

Sluggish Northern Ireland economy a cause for mounting concern

Economy
Francess McDonnell
January 16, 2020, 19:21

North’s Minister for Finance Conor Murphy warns that £2bn deal dividend not enough

Phil Hogan hit out at the US for its characterisation of the trade imbalance between the EU and the United States

Hogan warns Britain on US trade deal as EU set to impose tariffs

Economy
Suzanne Lynch
January 16, 2020, 14:56

EU’s trade commissioner speaking during first visit to Washington since appointment

The ECB left policy unchanged in Christine Lagarde’s first meeting as its president, but inflation pressures seem to be building. Photograph: Daniel Roland/AFP via Getty Images

ECB took more upbeat view in December meeting, minutes show

Economy
January 16, 2020, 14:37

Minutes show bank continues to see abundance of risk warranting ultra-easy policies

Angela Merkel: “I see the European Union as our life insurance.” Photograph: EPA

Angela Merkel warns EU: ‘Brexit is a wake-up call’

Economy
January 16, 2020, 12:52

Nearing the end of her career, German chancellor is determined to preserve and defend multilateralism

The cost of housing and utilities rose 3.8 per cent in 2019

Annual rate of inflation almost doubles on higher housing costs

Economy
Charlie Taylor
January 16, 2020, 12:12

On a monthly basis, consumer prices rose by 0.2 per cent in December, new figures show

The feelgood factor from this period of economic growth is not evenly spread. Photograph: Getty

The economy and the election: Why everyone isn’t feeling the recovery

Economy
Cliff Taylor
January 16, 2020, 11:19

Smart Money: How inflation is affecting your personal standard of living

US president Donald Trump and China’s vice premier Liu He at the signing ceremony. Photograph: Zach Gibson/Bloomberg

Trump hails trade deal with China as ‘momentous’

Economy
Suzanne Lynch
January 15, 2020, 20:48

China is committed to buying $200 billion worth of American goods over two years

The monthly export numbers were driven by decreases in exports of organic chemicals, and medical and pharmaceutical products.

Value of Irish exports falls by €2bn in one month

Economy
Eoin Burke-Kennedy
January 15, 2020, 12:55

Latest trade numbers come amid signs global downturn

The highest house price growth in the capital was in Fingal at 3 per cent, while prices in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, often viewed as an indicator for the market generally, fell by 6.3 per cent. Photograph: Photocall Ireland

Property prices across State ahead by 1.4% in year to November

Economy
Eoin Burke-Kennedy
January 15, 2020, 11:24

Dublin property prices down again as supply cools market

Germany narrowly avoided a technical recession last year as GDP declined in the second quarter and grew 0.1 per cent in the third. Photograph: EPA

Germany’s economic growth slows to six-year low

Economy
January 15, 2020, 11:14

Trade tensions and export weakness dragging down numbers

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