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Asylum seekers’ wait time before working cut to six months
- Social Affairs
- October 21, 2020, 20:54
Independent monitoring of centres, a reduction in the time an asylum seeker must wait before entering the labour force and vulnerability assessments, (...)

Banks move to avert fresh arrears crisis
- Financial Services
- May 27, 2020, 05:50
The State’s banks are beginning to write to borrowers who have availed of payment breaks during the Covid-19 crisis, urging those who feel they will n(...)

Hot-desking continues at bank call centres, workers say
- Financial Services
- May 26, 2020, 12:02
Some 40 per cent of staff in Irish bank call centres and departments have said that hot-desking continues to be practised by their employers, even as (...)

Dig deep: How to finance a home renovation
- Homes & Property
- January 4, 2020, 06:00
If getting work done is on your new year’s resolution list, it’s time to figure out how to finance it. The best way, and the cheapest, to pay for any(...)

One in six mortgage holders are switching providers
- Financial Services
- July 15, 2019, 02:10
The percentage of mortgage holders prepared to switch providers in search of better value has doubled in the last three years, and is significantly hi(...)

OECD warns of overheating in Irish economy
- Economy
- May 31, 2018, 01:00
Signs of overheating have begun to emerge in the Irish economy, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has warned. In its l(...)

Net mortgage lending increases for first time in seven years
- Economy
- December 29, 2017, 15:17
Net mortgage lending in the Irish economy has increased for the first time in seven years, reflecting the current pick-up in activity in the housing m(...)

First-time buyer mortgage approvals up by 19% in April
- Economy
- May 31, 2017, 07:46
First-time buyer mortgage approval volumes increased by 19 per cent in April 2017 compared to the same month last year. According to figures release(...)

Mortgage drawdowns up in third quarter but pace slows
- Economy
- November 13, 2015, 11:17
The volume of new mortgage lending is falling year on year, according to the latest figures from the Banking and Payments Federation. However, the dat(...)

Cantillon: Figures show mortgage controls working
- Economy
- June 30, 2015, 01:00
There can be little doubt that the controls on mortgage lending introduced at the start of the year are working. The latest figures for house prices a(...)