VC funding into Irish SMEs soars in first quarter to €533m
Venture capital funding into Irish SMEs jumped to €532.8m in the first quarter of 2025, new figures from the Irish ...
Read More Oil edges up after Trump extends EU trade talks deadline to July
Oil prices recorded limited gains today after US President Donald Trump extended a deadline for trade talks with the European ...
Read More 15% of households couldn’t cope with a financial emergency
How would your household deal with an unexpected financial emergency costing €1,000? That was a question posed as part of ...
Read More Number of people in employment rises to 2.8 million – CSO
The estimated number of people in employment in the first quarter of 2025 stood at just under 2.8 million, up ...
Read More Bank of Ireland raises its home building target
Bank of Ireland Group is aiming to support the construction of 30,000 homes across Ireland through debt and equity finance ...
Read More Bitcoin rises to new record high, eclipses January top
The price of Bitcoin rose to its highest level on record today, eclipsing the previous high from January, as risk ...
Read More UK inflation jumps to higher-than-expected 3.5% in April, ONS says
Britain suffered a bigger-than-expected inflation surge in April, including in areas watched closely by the Bank of England which investors ...
Read More Retailers welcome EU plan to add €2 fee to packages from outside the bloc
Irish retailers have welcomed a European Union proposal to add a €2 flat fee on all packages coming from outside ...
Read More Annual house price growth slows to 7.5% in March – CSO
New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that residential property prices rose by 7.5% in the year to March, ...
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