Category: Syndicated

Workers on Covid-19 benefit payments face tax bills

June 26, 2020By splashcovid, Syndicated

A large number of full-time workers in receipt of the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme or Pandemic Unemployment Payment face tax bills of between €150 and €2,828 by the end of the year, Taxback.com has warned. The latest Taxback.com Taxpayer Sentiment Survey revealed that 57% of respondents receiving either payment are not aware that a future […]

Economic growth averaged 5.2% every year between 2013 and 2018 – CSO

June 25, 2020By splasheconomy, Syndicated

Growth in the Irish economy averaged 5.2% per annum from 2013 to 2018, according to an analysis of new CSO data. In a Special Article for the ESRI, Professor John Fitzgerald describes a measure, called Net National Product, as the best picture of the “economic welfare of those living in Ireland”. For years, the traditional measure of […]

Hotel occupancy rates set to fall from 2019 high of 73% to 32%

June 25, 2020By splashhotel, Syndicated

A survey of hoteliers has found that average national occupancy levels are set to dramatically fall from the highs of over 70% last year to just over 30% this year. Dublin occupancy levels are forecast to be down by half with regional levels down almost 40%. As a result, Dublin hotels expect to be […]

Unions warn of fallout from wage legislation ruling

June 25, 2020By splashSyndicated, union

A trade union has warned employers of an “industrial war” if they try to renege on pay and pension agreements with workers. It comes after the High Court yesterday deemed legislation allowing for the setting of legally enforceable pay and conditions for workers in various employment sectors to be unconstitutional. The Connect Trade Union, which represents workers […]

Consumer sentiment improves for second month after Covid-19 collapse

June 24, 2020By splashconsumer, Syndicated

Consumer sentiment improved in June for the second month in a row, but remains well below levels recorded before the onset of the COVID-19 crisis, a survey showed today. The KBC Bank consumer sentiment index climbed to 61.6 in June from 52.3 in May, but remains some distance from February’s pre-pandemic reading of 85.2. In […]

Ibec calls for end to travel restrictions

June 24, 2020By splashibec, Syndicated

Employers’ group Ibec has called for Ireland’s international travel restrictions to be ended and for testing and tracing to be used in place of “ineffective” quarantine measures. People entering Ireland from abroad currently have to quarantine themselves for 14 days upon arrival into the country. Ibec CEO Danny McCoy said there were benefits from quarantine […]

IMF lowers 2020 growth forecasts again amid Covid-19 crisis

June 24, 2020By splashimf, Syndicated

The International Monetary Fund has further lowered its forecasts for global economic growth this year. In its World Economic Outlook published today, the IMF said economies around the world have been more negatively impacted in the first half of the year than it had anticipated and recovery has been more gradual than previously forecast. […]

Global trade to shrink 18.5% in Q2, defying worst fears – WTO

June 23, 2020By splashSyndicated, trade

Global trade is expected to drop around 18.5% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2020 in a huge coronavirus-driven plunge which nonetheless could have been much worse, the WTO said today. “Initial estimates for the second quarter, when the virus and associated lockdown measures affected a large share of the global population, indicate a year-on-year […]

Consumers spent €600 million using contactless payments in May

June 23, 2020By splashcontactless, Syndicated

The impact of Covid-19 on how consumers are spending is recorded in the latest figures from the banking sector. In May, consumers spent €600 million using contactless payments, the highest monthly figure on record. The figures were compiled by Banking and Payments Federation Ireland. Every day in May, more than €19 million was spent using […]

Ibec calling for ‘dramatic intervention’ to save businesses

June 23, 2020By splashibec, Syndicated

A Government fund aimed at helping small and medium-sized enterprises to reopen and rebuild – as the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions are eased – needs to be at least quadrupled in size, according to employers’ group Ibec. Ibec also said that loans with 100% State-backed credit guarantees and an interest rate holiday of 12 months are required if small […]

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