Economy forecast to contract by 8% in 2020
Ireland’s economy will contract by 8% in 2020 and expand again by 6% in 2021 as the coronavirus pandemic takes its toll, according ...
Read More China exports see surprise 3.5% jump in April, imports fall
China’s exports saw a shock 3.5% rise in April despite the global impact of the coronavirus pandemic, official figures showed ...
Read More Enterprise Ireland announces ‘repayable’ fund for SMEs
Enterprise Ireland has a Business Response Unit, and in these times, it has been busy. Over 1,000 businesses have engaged ...
Read More Grocery sales up by 17% amid coronavirus crisis
The latest retail data shows that 50% of households in Ireland bought baking supplies in recent weeks, with flour sales ...
Read More 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 ...
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