Covid-19 unemployment payment recipients rises to nearly 600,000
There are now 598,000 people dependent on the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment, which is up 7,000 in the last week, ...
Read More Challenging times ahead as mortgage market looks set to be impacted by Covid-19 crisis
New figures from Banking and Payments Federation Ireland show that a total of 8,728 new mortgages worth €1.996 billion were ...
Read More 23% of firms cease trading temporarily due to Covid-19 – CSO
New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that 23.3% of businesses have ceased trading temporarily since the outbreak of ...
Read More Markets drop on US-China trade war fears
European stock markets and oil prices fell this morning as a spat between top U.S. officials and China over the origin ...
Read More Residential property sales at lowest level since 2017
The residential property market is now at its lowest level for a first quarter since 2017, while sales in six ...
Read More More than 427,000 workers now on wage subsidy scheme
More than 427,000 workers are now having their wages subsidised by the Government under the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme, according ...
Read More Carbon tax increase kicks in today
Households face increases in their energy bills from today as the hike in the carbon tax kicks in. The tax ...
Read More Manufacturing collapses in April due to Covid-19 – PMI
Manufacturing in Ireland is going through record falls in output and employment, according to a new survey. The AIB Manufacturing ...
Read More EU sets out ‘quick fixes’ to boost bank lending during pandemic
Banks should rein in bonuses to boost their capacity to help businesses and households hit by the coronavirus crisis, the ...
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