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Irish consumer confidence is currently marginally below the long-term (26-year) average for the KBC consumer sentiment index. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill
Irish consumer sentiment lifts with easing of pandemic fears

Irish consumer sentiment lifted in January as concerns about the severity and duration of the pandemic eased. The latest KBC Bank Ireland consumer se(...)

Wage growth in the Irish economy is running at about 4%. File photograph: The Irish Times
Spectre of inflation returns to haunt Irish households

Irish households are facing the biggest cost-of-living squeeze in decades and it’s likely to get worse before it gets better. Inflation here is now ru(...)

Marks and Spencer (M&S) said last week that post-Brexit rules and ‘excessive paperwork’ has forced it to cut about 800 lines from its stores in the Republic. Photograph: Jon Super/PA Wire
Brexit has seen Irish food exports to Britain decline by a quarter

Irish food exports to Britain have declined by a quarter as a result of Brexit, a new study has found. The research conducted by the Economic and Soc(...)

Almo, which is headquartered in Philadelphia, employs approximately 660 people across the US
DCC acquires US appliance distributor Almo in $610m deal

Irish energy and services group DCC has acquired Almo Corporation, the largest distributor of appliances and consumer electronics in the US, in a dea(...)

Irish inflation shot to a 14-year high of 5.1% last month as rising energy costs, supply shortages and increased consumer demand drove up prices. Photograph: PA Wire
Irish consumer sentiment drops as Covid cases surge again

Irish consumer sentiment dropped to a seven-month low in November as Covid cases surged again. The re-emergence of Brexit worries and higher living c(...)

The cost of petrol and diesel has jumped by 21.6% and 25.3% respectively over the past year. Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA Wire
Energy costs push Irish inflation to 14-year high at 5.1%

Irish inflation shot to a 14-year high in October as rising energy costs, supply shortages and increased consumer demand drove up prices. Over the pa(...)

Dómhnal Slattery, the chief executive of aircraft leasing company Avolon, has been engaged to advise Stephen Fitzpatrick, chief executive and chairman of Vertical.
Avolon’s Slattery engaged as advisor to electric aviation pioneer Vertical

Irish aviation tycoon Dómhnal Slattery has been appointed as a special adviser to Bristol-based company Vertical Aerospace, which is developing electr(...)

The cost of petrol and diesel has risen by 14.5% and 15.5% respectively over the past year, driving up transport costs. Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA Wire
Cost-of-living squeeze as inflation hits 13-year high of 3.7%

Irish inflation rose to a 13-year high of 3.7 per cent last month as the cost of energy, transport and housing accelerated on the back of pent-up dema(...)

Irish residents made just under a million domestic trips and spent €166 million in the second quarter
Travel sector remains in pandemic doldrums in second quarter

Irish residents made just under a million domestic trips and spent €166 million on such travel in the second quarter, up significantly on the same qua(...)

Irish Prices have increased for 10 straight months, the longest sequence of monthly inflation since 2007
Irish inflation hits 10-year high as cost of transport and housing jumps

Irish inflation hit a 10-year high in August, driven by a rise in the cost of transport, housing, restaurants and hotels. Central Statistics Office ((...)

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