ECB ‘must monitor rising food prices’ as inflation fears go on

While price gains are hovering around the 2pc target and should stay there over the medium…

Michael Houghton: ‘I can still remember the Christmas when the entire living room was buried in presents and the credit card was maxed out’

Ironically, now that we’re financially independent, we actually spend less on Christmas than we did back…

Auto-enrolment pensions and other costs will hit jobs and prices, SMEs warn

Businesses braced for introduction of scheme on January 1, with profitability already in decline Two SME…

Michael Lynn associate fails in appeal over passwords for electronic devices

Stock Image: Getty The Supreme Court has held that a law providing powers to investigating gardaí…

The week ahead in business: CSO data on housing and tax, and Eurostat figures on trade with the US and Russia

Central Bank of Ireland governor Gabriel Makhlouf. Photo: Steve Humphreys Data today from the CSO will…

Profits up at Mannok, the former Quinn Industrial business

New accounts filed by Mannok Holdings DAC show that pre-tax profits rose as revenues dipped by…

Soaring Irish fit-out costs making growth hard to justify, warns Currys boss

Currys Ireland already operates 16 stores across the country, selling electronic appliances such as washing machines,…

Airbnb’s Irish arm sees 43pc slump in corporation tax bill

The reduction came despite the Irish unit posting a $110.7m profit last year compared to an…

Dear Vicki: ‘Can I insist my staff dress appropriately when they have a meeting with clients?’

Cultural expectations play a part in how people dress for work. Photo: Getty Q I run…

Slight fall in number of women directors in leading Irish firms

While this is a very slight decline on last year’s figure of 41pc, it represents a…

Home-heating oil prices shoot up just as cold snap hits the country

The cost of home-heating oil has spiked just as the country is being hit by a…

Former Swiss minister says UBS should be broken up

An election poster for lead candidate of the Swiss People’s Party, Christoph Blocher. Photo: Getty UBS…

Ireland scores Trump tariff win as US drug-maker moves rare medicine production from China to avoid trade levies

Amicus Therapeutics told investors during a recent conference about its plan to shift manufacturing of the…

Hit to public services ‘inevitable’ as hundreds of local government IT workers prepare to ballot on industrial action

National Secretary of union Fórsa said staff want to discuss pay, grading and recognition for ICT…

Thousands overcharged on Ulster Bank mortgages yet to receive refunds

One person who received call over matter thought it was a scam Stock image: Frank McGrath…

‘My job is being a capitalist but I’m actually a socialist’ – Stuart McCaul on building a software empire without selling his soul

The former An Taisce non-executive chair’s Ishikawa Technologies aims to slowly snap up Europe’s software companies…

Matt Cooper says all relevant disclosures were made over interviews with clients of PR firm linked to his daughter

‘Magnified’ podcast host questioned in wake of Ivan Yates podcast debacle Matt Cooper hosts ‘The Last…

Richard Curran: Paschal Donohoe leaves an Exchequer that is filled with cash and an hourglass

Public Expenditure Minister Jack Chambers (left) and former finance minister Paschal Donohoe. Photo: PA ‘Damned if…

Sean Mulryan’s Ballymore targets up to 4,000 homes after €130m AIB refinancing deal

Sean Mulryan of Ballymore and Colin Hunt of AIB. Photo: Shane O’Neill/Coalesce Developer Sean Mulryan’s property…

Gina London: How to deal with the tyranny of holiday cheer in the workplace

It seems each year the season starts earlier, the events grow bigger, and the expectation to…

Java Republic returns to profit after roasting from coffee bean cost crunch

Coffee bean prices are currently double what they were just over a year ago, according to…

Sky to refund Irish broadband customers it overcharged for more than a year

The broadband and TV company says that it is currently arranging to refund the accounts of…