AI ecosystem may be booming but at what cost?
The technology’s threat to junior positions could lead to companies creating their own future skills gap
Cantillon
Research suggests the old adage is true: Happy employees can boost profits
CIPD study says business strategy, employee rewards, career progression and clarity on policies seen as significant
Cutting the extras out of our electricity bills
Extra charges make up 55% of household electricity bills and more for some industries
Are we turning a corner on housing?
There are some positive signs in the latest MyHome report and mood music in the industry
TG4 set to pay for ministerial messing
Allocation almost 17% lower than broadcaster had targeted for the year in its most recent strategy paper
Tesco dines out on customers staying in to cook its Finest range
Amid cost-of-living pressures, sales of the chain’s premium range are growing fast
Pepper rate hike to heap more misery on distressed borrowers
Someone with a €200,000 outstanding loan at Pepper worse off by around €300 every month
Will AI kill our rosy jobs growth forecasts?
Department of Finance draws attention ‘to risks to employment prospects from AI over the medium-term’
Minister misses the target with increase in Help to Buy tax break
Little point in offering first-time buyers greater tax relief unless there are properties they can buy
Ireland on right side of global debt crisis
Advanced economies are flirting with full-blown crises because of excessive debt but not Ireland
Mark Duffy’s last-minute tilt at PTSB muddies waters for budget ministers
Prospective buyer declined to say whether Axis Capital has investment banking advisers or financial backing
Budget day looms amid first hints of uncertainty over corporation tax
Department admits that while business tax take will rise this year, it will not meet even recent forecasts
Tax-rich Ireland at one remove from debt zeitgeist
Bank of Ireland delivers upbeat assessment of economy despite international headwinds
The slow death of the buy-to-let mortgage
They once turbo-charged the property market. Now they’re a dying breed
Mixed messages unhelpful on hitting climate targets
Doubt over sustainability of microgeneration credits from solar panels may give consumers cause to pause
What is behind the slowdown in Ireland’s property prices?
New home supply outside Dublin is up but there is also a definite cooling on the demand side of the equation
Ires’s former big Canadian shareholders miss payday after failed campaign to sell
Both Vision Capital and Capreit have sold out of the State’s biggest private landlord
We need more data on data centres, not spin
Lack of concrete data on contribution of data centres to Ireland leaves debate open to spin
Race kicks off for top ECB jobs
Christine Lagarde, Philip Lane and Isabel Schnabel all due to step down next year
Michael O’Leary dismisses investor concerns over his pay
Ryanair CEO defends pay arrangement which could net him €150m
Drastic Dave gets his chief financial officer at Diageo
Guinness owner names Tesco veteran Joanne Wilson as finance boss
Google fine of more than €400m a win for data protection watchdogs
Decison to penalise tech giant related to complaints made as far back as 2018
Budget cuts may merely help workers stand still when it comes to tax
Those in work unlikely to get significant cut in tax burden or more money in their pockets
ESB battens down the hatches for storm season
Valuable lessons learned from Storm Eowyn but unpredictable months ahead
Ireland’s corporate tax cake gets bigger
Department of Finance signals corporate tax receipts will exceed its current €35.3 billion projection by ‘a wide margin’
Housing reports paint two different pictures of market, but reach similar conclusion
Central Bank and banking lobby group BPFI provide latest insights into State’s most pressing problem
Tobacco giant JTI lobbies for extra tax on its products
In pre-budget submission, firm seeks to avoid another 50c hike in excise duty per pack of cigarettes, though
Kevin Warsh under pressure before Fed rate decision
The data suggests Warsh should announce a rate hike this week. But will he dare face the wrath of Donald Trump?
Jim Flavin doubles down on resistance to DCC sale ahead of shareholder vote
Flavin, who founded DCC in 1976 and has a 3.2% stake, has consistently argued that it should remain an independent listed company
Surging energy prices set to exert further pressure on Government
Clamour is becoming louder for a budget that will help families navigate a difficult winter
Makhlouf stays on the fence on future rate hikes
Central Bank governor reiterates path on interest rates not set, but inflation is now a big problem
ICG share price signals narrow path to approval of takeover at EGM
Shareholders will vote on Thursday on an €8-a-share offer by management buyout team led by CEO Eamonn Rothwell
Bord Gáis puts budget squeeze on Harris and Chambers with price increase
Customers face increase of around 10% in household energy bills within days on Budget 2027
Big pharma exports from Ireland an impetus to euro zone growth
Euro zone economy expands more than initially thought after a sharp upward revision in Ireland
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