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Lockdown dealt €2bn hit to construction output in 2020 – report

The initial shutdown of the construction sector for seven weeks during the initial stages of the Covid-19 pandemic knocked €2bn ...
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Premium hikes likely as rebuild costs rise

Homeowners could face increased buildings insurance premiums because of a hike in the cost of rebuilding a home, according to ...
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AIB, BoI and PTSB used loss reliefs worth almost €500m over three year period

The Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe, has confirmed that the three banks in which the state has shares utilised loss ...
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UK pushes back timetable for post-Brexit border checks

Britain has delayed by around six months its plans to introduce a range of post-Brexit border checks on goods imported ...
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ECB to boost emergency bond buys, keeps rates unchanged

The European Central Bank has left its key interest rates unchanged after today’s Governing Council meeting. However, the ECB has ...
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Two thirds of CEOs believe firms will pay more tax arising from pandemic – PwC

Almost two thirds of chief executives here believe that their companies will end up paying more tax as a result ...
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Applications for phase 1 of €8,000 SBASC grant opens today

Applications for the €60m Small Business Assistance Scheme for Covid-19 have opened today.  The SBASC scheme is in addition to ...
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Bank boards still not sufficiently tech savvy – Accenture study

A third of the world’s biggest banks still have no board members with professional technology experience, skills needed to help ...
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Irish mortgage interest rates highest in euro zone again

Ireland continues to have the highest mortgage interest rates across the euro area in January, new figures from the Central ...
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