National Treasury Management Agency

Renting v buying The National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) and Nama will spend up to €175 million over 25 years renting a new headquarters in th(...)

Trying to interpret trends in the Irish economy is always controversial given the distortions to our data caused by the presence of major multinationa(...)

The Irish economy may resemble a Boeing 747 in cruise control these days, but there were warnings this week that the State is “relying on one big engi(...)

A debate has broken out on the extent of the economy’s reliance on multinational firms after a report from the National Competitiveness Council highli(...)

Industrial action is spreading at Ryanair, with the company facing “co-ordinated” strikes in several European countries next week in addition to an Ir(...)

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said he does not believe there is a land bubble in Ireland. “I haven’t seen convincing evidence of a land bubble at this s(...)

The State’s reliance on US investment and the risk to growth, jobs and taxes from any change in investment trends by the big multinational players has(...)

Motive Partners, a US private equity company backed by the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF), has taken a 40 per cent stake in Irish fintech st(...)

The Central Bank has sold a further €500 million of bonds linked to the restructuring five years ago of the State’s bailout of the now-defunct Anglo I(...)

Why are Irish housing cycles so volatile? Why do we live in the lowest density cities in Europe, resulting in long commutes and congested roads? Why a(...)