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Euro zone bond yields edge down as global sentiment turns south

Borrowing costs in Germany, the euro zone’s benchmark bond issuer, dipped on Monday to their lowest level in over a ...
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Concerns at increasing demands on electricity grid

Ireland’s electricity grid is facing an increased prospect of blackouts this winter as emergency plans to import power generators have ...
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50,000 housing units needed every year to meet demand – report

Close to 50,000 housing units would have to be built here every year for the coming decades in order to ...
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Consumer price inflation breached 2% in July – CSO

Consumer prices in July were 2.2% higher than they were in the same month last year, according to the Central ...
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Price of homes up over 95% from low point in 2013 – CSO

Residential property prices rose again in June, according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office. The price of ...
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Household net worth hits new high, savings increase

Irish household net worth reached a record high of €883bn in the first quarter of this year due to an ...
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Fixed rates account for bulk of new mortgage arrangements here

Lenders in the Irish market continued to charge among the highest interest rates on mortgages in June. According to figures ...
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Record number of daily contactless payments in June

2.4 million contactless payments were made every day in June of this year, the highest daily figure on record. New ...
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Record amount of corporation tax collected last year

The high proportion of tax revenue coming from corporation tax represents “a significant risk to the public finances,” according to ...
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