College students struggling to pay living expenses, survey finds
Nearly half of all college students say they struggle to afford living expenses, according to a survey carried out by ...
Read More Govt should abandon plans for tax cuts in upcoming Budget – ICTU
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) has said the Government should abandon its plans for tax cuts in the ...
Read More Are consumer prices going to keep on rising?
No sooner had the first Covid-19 vaccine jabs been administered when talk turned to the risk of price inflation accompanying ...
Read More Economy performing ahead of expectations – Varadkar
Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise Leo Varadkar said today that the economy is “actually ahead of where we thought we ...
Read More Construction firms see further sharp rises in activity – Ulster Bank PMI
The construction sector reported another month of rapid growth in August, the latest Ulster Bank Construction Purchasing Managers Index shows, ...
Read More ECB trims emergency support, but insists ‘no tapering’
The European Central Bank has today raised its forecast for economic growth in 2021, as the euro zone recovery gathers ...
Read More Inflation rate rises to near ten-year high in August – CSO
The annual rate of inflation rose by 2.8% in August, its biggest increase in almost ten years. The latest figures ...
Read More Irish shoppers increase use of electronic payments
Irish consumers’ use of online and mobile payment methods has continued to increase despite the easing of restrictions on physical ...
Read More No changes to Budget framework despite better tax receipts – Donohoe
The Minister for Finance has said he is not looking at making any further changes to the framework for October’s ...
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