Pearse Doherty: Workers and families facing the cost of living crisis need an emergency budget
The Sinn Féin deputy says now is the time for emergency measures to tackle rising inflation.
The Sinn Féin deputy says now is the time for emergency measures to tackle rising inflation.
Leo Varadkar is attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland today.
‘No one can be certain about what will happen over the course of 2022,’ the Taoiseach said.
The Taoiseach has suggested that the bank guarantee was an investment.
The recession brought on by the coronavirus pandemic led to the biggest fall in quarterly GDP on record.
The decline in Europe compares to a 9.5% quarter-on-quarter decline for the United States.
The Finance Minister said Ireland will likely have to access some of the financial supports made available by the EU.
A new Oxfam report calls for an economic rescue plan to prevent a damaging recession.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said the country is “heading into a recession”.
The ESRI has recommended a supplementary Budget in the new year if there’s a hard Brexit.
Minister Paschal Donohoe said prudent management of the public finances in needed.
The report claims Ireland’s economy is not yet overheating, but if trends continue, it could do so within the next two years.
Planning permissions peaked in 2004 with 101,653 permissions for construction of both new houses and apartments.
Reductions in Child Benefit and other welfare payments accounted for most of the disparity.
Paul Gilligan said children now are very aware of the importance of doing well in their lives financially.
Poet Colm Keegan’s latest collection is an exploration of self and society.
Disposable incomes in Ireland are growing at over four times the eurozone average, according to Ibec.
As part of our How My Business Works series, we profile Dublin-based Future Analytics Consulting.
A new ERSI study examines the experience of economic stress in families with children as a result of the recession.
Restaurants and hotels express concerns as 1% hike is on the cards.
Divorce applications from 2015 were the highest level of this century.
Ireland is now the fourth most confident country in Europe, overtaking the UK for the first time in almost nine years.
A study found a 17.2% increase in cardiovascular-related deaths following the 2008 economic crash.
Despite this, however, the former Taoiseach defended his government’s policies in the downturn.
“People hoping Brexit won’t happen,” businessman Paul Jacobs says. “Hope is for mass on Sundays.”
Worrying about what would happen if you didn’t pass as 12 when you tried get into Spin.
51 out of 505 debtors that exited Nama paid 10% or less of their debts.
We take a look at Alexa in the Car which was unveiled at this year’s CES.
Greek government has claimed its economy is now in better shape than at any point since the financial crisis.
There’s also been a surge in migrants with Irish nationality arriving in the country.
And they’re doing it with art.
In Ireland, 21% of people aged 25 to 64 have never completed upper secondary-level education.
It’s two years since Bunclody was named as the most economically depressed town. We paid a visit, to see if locals were feeling the recovery.
McLoughlin had advised a ‘client’ to top the meter up by €10 a week and Bord Gáis “won’t come near you”.
The arts collective are faced with leaving Smithfield due to rising rents.
Janet and Eugene found being separated from their children and grandchildren unbearable.
There is going to be another recession in the future, but how we prepare for it is up to our politicians, writes Aaron McKenna.
He faked the cards so he could travel to see his son.
One in six people born in Ireland are still living abroad.
Fizzy crisps anyone? Killer fades?