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Ireland has shaved 0.5pc off its growth forecast for 2016 as well as 2017 ahead of a budget due next month that will aim to “Brexit-proof” the economy from further damage, the minister for public expenditure said on Thursday. Ireland is considered especially vulnerable to the knock-on effects of Britain’s decision to leave the European […]

CASH buyers of properties pay less, a new official survey shows. Prices rose by 6.7pc in the year to July, the Central Statistics Office said. The CSO had revamped its property price index to include cash purchases for the first time. It indicates that Dublin 6, which includes Dartry and Rathgar, has the most expensive […]

The iconic Portobello House at the top off Lower Rathmines Road Dublin 8 has been sold along with an adjoining sire for €10m, it is understood. According to a report in The Irish Times, the Georgian House, which sits on the edge of the Grand Canal, by one of Dublin’s biggest property developers, MKN Property […]

Domestic spending has overtaken exports as the key driver of growth in the Irish economy, according to the latest research from the ESRI. It’s a shift compared to the earlier phase of the Irish recovery which was driven largely by a surge in exports. “There is now a considerable contrast between the domestic and external […]

British Prime Minister Theresa May met business chiefs from firms including Goldman Sachs, IBM and Amazon.com on Monday in an attempt to reassure investors after her country’s shock vote to leave the European Union. The June 23 vote took many investors and chief executives by surprise, triggering the deepest political and financial turmoil in Britain […]

Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has rubbished British Government claims it will secure favourable trade deals post-Brexit, insisting the UK will be “screwed” in negotiations. The outspoken Remain campaigner said most of the Cabinet did not have a clue what Brexit will look like, and described predictions of positive agreements as “arrogant nonsense”. “I have no […]

Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has rubbished British Government claims it will secure favourable trade deals post-Brexit, insisting the UK will be “screwed” in negotiations. The outspoken Remain campaigner said most of the Cabinet did not have a clue what Brexit will look like, and described predictions of positive agreements as “arrogant nonsense”. “I have no […]

US healthcare company Fazzi has opened a new coding and health services firm in Limerick and aims to create 300 new jobs over the next five years. Medical coding is a regulated process that changes the likes of diagnoses, treatments and procedures, into a universal medical code known as ICD. The newly formed Irish company […]

US healthcare company Fazzi has opened a new coding and health services firm in Limerick and aims to create 300 new jobs over the next five years. Medical coding is a regulated process that changes the likes of diagnoses, treatments and procedures, into a universal medical code known as ICD. The newly formed Irish company […]

Those of us who help to shape and deliver Europe’s actions and policies must face an unpalatable fact. Europe’s ability to deal with a humanitarian crisis on its shores and in its neighbourhood, and its capacity to cope with a longer-term migration challenge, is being called into question. Meanwhile, the hostile voices of the far […]