Home care sector facing ‘urgent’ recruitment shortage
A group representing the home care sector has said it is facing a recruitment crisis and has called on the ...
Read More Weekly PUP numbers down again ahead of phased payment reduction next month
The number of people in receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment this week stood at 157,712 – a drop of ...
Read More Over €30bn spent on social welfare payments last year
€30.6 billion was spent on social welfare payments last year, an increase of 46% compared to 2019 – according to ...
Read More Covid adjusted jobless rate falls to pandemic-low of 13.5%
The monthly unemployment rate in July was 6.5%, according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office. When those ...
Read More Scarce housing supply highlighted as average rents rise
Average rents for residential properties rose by 5.6% nationally between April and June, according to the latest quarterly rental report ...
Read More Three quarters of all businesses now operational – InterTradeIreland
Most companies on both sides of the border are firmly in recovery mode as Covid-19 restrictions ease, according to InterTradeIreland’s ...
Read More Most employees have not declared tax on employer shares
74% of employees who hold shares through their employer have not declared the tax they owe, according to a new ...
Read More Construction activity increased again in July, inflation hits record high
There was a substantial increase in construction activity once again in July, according to the latest Construction Purchasing Manager’s Index ...
Read More Inflationary pressures impact food and drink sector
Irish food and drink businesses are experiencing inflationary pressures across most cost headings, according to Food Drink Ireland (FDI) the ...
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