Category: Syndicated

More than 130 jobs are at risk following the appointment by the High Court of a provisional liquidator to a Co Tipperary based pharmaceutical manufacturing company. Suir Pharma Ireland Ltd, which is located at Waterford Road in Clonmel and has been making generic medicines for approximately 40 years in the town, is insolvent and is […]

Oil prices jumped more than 2 percent on Monday to their highest since November 2015 on the back of more disruption to supplies from Nigeria and after long-time bear Goldman Sachs said it was more positive about the market. Brent crude futures were trading at $49.05 per barrel at 1304 GMT, up $1.23 or 2.5 […]

Ryanair is likely to have lost between €30m and €40m during its fourth quarter as a result of the Brussels terrorist attacks and air traffic control strikes, double the estimate chief executive Michael O’Leary gave last month. Speaking to the Irish Independent, Mr O’Leary said that Ryanair had cancelled about 550 flights during its fourth […]

Ratings agency Moody’s has downplayed the risk of a Brexit to Ireland’s economy. It said that though there would be negative effects, these would be “manageable”. “Ireland will continue to grow at above-trend rates over the next two to three years, on account of strong and sustained competitiveness gains and the large and expanding presence […]

Planning to buy a house? Here’s how to get the cheapest mortgage However, KBC, ever aggressive, was quickly out of the traps last week with its own offer, undercutting its rival, but only for new customers – existing ones get new fixed rates. All have incentives and offers to get customers in the door, from […]

Country ranks highly in terms of supply chain resilience in study of 130 nations Ireland has been ranked as the third safest country in the world in which to do business, according to a new survey by international risk management and insurance company FM Global. The study finds that Ireland is considerably more insulated from […]

Germany more than doubled its economic growth rate in the first quarter of 2016 as higher state and household spending, as well as rising investment on construction and capital goods offset a drag from foreign trade, preliminary data showed on Friday. The economy grew by 0.7pc on the quarter between January and March after it […]

Germany more than doubled its economic growth rate in the first quarter of 2016 as higher state and household spending, as well as rising investment on construction and capital goods offset a drag from foreign trade, preliminary data showed on Friday. The economy grew by 0.7pc on the quarter between January and March after it […]

One in three households considers it a good time to purchase big ticket items and a quarter intend to purchase a car in the next year, a survey by Bank of Ireland has found. Almost four in ten consumers expect their household financial situation to improve in the next year, although just under half expect […]

FARMERS have seen some savings in their pockets with the price of fertiliser falling in recent weeks. Prices of fertiliser have dropped as low as €240 to €290 for a large bag of CAN in North Leinster, down from €306 to €355 during May last year. However, most retailers are quoting €250 up to €290 […]